New York GOP candidate for governor Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y. said that the crime crisis in New York is hitting "close to home" after two people were shot just outside his house on Sunday afternoon.
Suffolk County police tell Fox News the shooting happened around 2:20 p.m. on Sunday in Shirley on Long Island. In a statement, Zeldin said that his two 16-year-old daughters were inside the home alone doing homework when shots were fired just outside his Long Island home.
The police department said that the incident is "unrelated to the residents of the house." Zeldin had just departed the Bronx Columbus Day Parade in Morris Park when the shooting happened, and said that his daughters locked themselves in a bathroom and called 911.
New York GOP candidate for governor Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y. said that the crime crisis in New York is hitting "close to home" after two people were shot just outside his house on Sunday afternoon. (Fox News) "My 16-year-old daughters, Mikayla and Arianna, were at our house doing homework, while my wife, Diana, and I were in the car, having just departed the Bronx Columbus Day Parade in Morris Park," Zeldin said. "After my daughters heard the gunshots and the screaming, they ran upstairs, locked themselves in the bathroom and immediately called 911.They acted very swiftly and smartly every step of the way and Diana and I are extremely proud of them." In a tweet, Zeldin said that one of the bullets fired landed just 30 feet from his two daughters.
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