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Teen's Shooting Threat Leads To Increased Patrols At Long Island Schools Teen's Shooting Threat Leads To Increased Patrols At Long Island Schools
Teen's Shooting Threat Leads To Increased Patrols At Long Island Schools Threats of a school shooting led to a police investigation and increased patrols at several Long Island schools. At around 10:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, the Southampton Town Police Department learned that an online post was circulating among students in the Hampton Bays School District. In the post, an unidentified boy said he couldn’t take being bullied anymore and was going to shoot up a school, police said. An investigation found that the post was made by a boy who lives in North Carolina, and the threat was deemed “non-credible,” according to police. Detectives relayed their findings to…

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by Michael Mashburn
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21-Year-Old Who Shot Victim In Face Outside Wyandanch HS Gets 8-Year Sentence 21-Year-Old Who Shot Victim In Face Outside Wyandanch HS Gets 8-Year Sentence
21-Year-Old Who Shot Victim In Face Outside Wyandanch HS Gets 8-Year Sentence A 21-year-old man was sentenced for a shooting outside a Long Island high school that left a victim with serious injuries. Nayshawn James, of Wyandanch, was sentenced to eight years in prison for the shooting outside of Wyandanch Memorial High School in October of 2021, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced on Monday, Dec. 19. “This defendant opened fire just outside school grounds during a crowded dismissal, striking the victim in the face,” Tierney said. “His actions put dozens of innocent schoolchildren at risk, and it is fortunate that no one else was injured o…

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by Nicole Valinote
Schools
Some School Districts In Hudson Valley Increase Security After Apparent National Threat Some School Districts In Hudson Valley Increase Security After Apparent National Threat
Some School Districts In Hudson Valley Increase Security After Apparent National Threat Alarms were sounding among some school districts in New York amid threats being made on social media as part of what is seemingly a national scheme. On Sunday, Oct. 24, in the Hudson Valley, the Village of Walden Police Department in Orange County received a complaint in reference to a social media post that went viral on Snapchat. “I had to make a new account so they don’t trace me,” the threat posted by “Alex Anderson” reads. “But me and a couple of my friends have been bullied for so long and we can’t deal with it anymore. “We plan on shooting up Central High School around 10 to 11 Am …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Police Investigate Reports Of Shots Fired Near High School In Westchester Police Investigate Reports Of Shots Fired Near High School In Westchester
Police Investigate Reports Of Shots Fired Near High School In Westchester Police investigators in Westchester are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to track down suspects who were involved in a shooting near an area high school as students were being dismissed. The Mount Vernon Police Department received a report of shots fired in the area of Mount Vernon High School on California Road shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 13. Upon arrival, police said that officers interviewed several witnesses who said that shots were fired from a passing vehicle in the area of the high school. The shooting incident took place a few hundred feet away from th…

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by Zak Failla