A staff member at Huntington Hospital notified police that a 15-year-old boy was being treated in the emergency room for a gunshot wound to his left hand at around 3:15 p.m. Saturday, July 8.
Following an investigation by Suffolk County PD Second Squad detectives, a .22 caliber ghost gun was recovered at the teen’s Huntington Station residence, on Foxwood Drive Eas,t and he was placed under arrest about three hours late.
The 15-year-old was charged with:
- Criminal possession of a weapon,
- Criminal possession of a firearm,
- Criminal use of a firearm,
- Unlawful possession of a weapon by a person under 16,
- Reckless endangerment.
He is scheduled to appear at Family Court in Central Islip at a later date.
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