No fewer than two people were on Sunday evening shot just outside the home of Lee Zeldin, a New York congressman and the New York gubernatorial candidate on the platform of the Republican party, who has made addressing crime and violence a key point of his campaign.
This attack was confirmed by the congressman on Monday in a statement which was obtained by Africa Today News, New York.
The shooting appeared to have no connection to the Zeldin family, CNN and the Wall Street Journal reported, citing police and officials familiar with the ongoing probe.
Zeldin pointed out that he did not know the identities of the two individuals who were shot, but said they had been laying down under his front porch and the bushes in front of it.
Zeldin said only his two daughters were at home at the time of the shooting. Further details of the shooting and its motives were not clear.
‘My daughters are shaken, but ok. Like so many New Yorkers, crime has literally made its way to our front door,’ Zeldin said in his statement.
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Suffolk County Police said the two people injured in the incident were transported to area hospitals for treatment.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul, against whom Zeldin is running, said she had been briefed on the shooting.
Zeldin was attacked at a July campaign event by a New York man who now faces federal charges of assaulting a member of Congress using a deadly weapon. There was no indication that the Sunday shooting was linked to the July attack.
In another report, Mr. Eric Adams who is the Mayor of New York City had last weekend announced a state of emergency in response to what has been described as a ‘crisis situation’ which is as a result of an inflow of migrants.
Speaking from City Hall yesterday, Adams claimed that the city of New York is in a ‘crisis situation’ at the moment while also adding, ‘more than 61,000 people in our shelter system.’
Africa Today New, New York reports that in recent times, there has seen a migration of people from Republican states like Texas, Arizona, and Florida to Democratic regions.