Ten people were injured in a mass shooting in the Queens borough of New York City late on New Year’s Day, the New York Police Department (NYPD) said in a press conference early Thursday.
Among those injured in the incident outside a private events club Wednesday night were six women and four men, and all were expected to recover, police said.
The incident occurred when 3 or 4 men opened fire on a crowd outside the club, the NYPD said. Users took to social media to express their shock at the incident and share photos of the police deployment at the scene.
Police ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack.
The incident came hours after two other acts of violence elsewhere in the United States on New Year’s Day. In New Orleans, a truck crashed into a street full of New Year’s revelers, killing 15 people, and in Las Vegas, a Tesla truck exploded outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one person and injuring seven.
U.S. authorities were scrambling to locate suspects connected to the New Orleans and Las Vegas incidents and were also investigating possible terrorist angles.
