POUGHKEEPSIE – City police are investigating a shooting that took place around 6:40 p.m. at Stitzel Field/Eastman Park on Lincoln Avenue. Early reports indicate that two people were shot.
One of the victims was taken by private car to nearby Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Witnesses told Mid-Hudson News that the suspects had fled in a vehicle toward Montgomery Street and that one of the occupants may have also been shot.
A short time later, a person arrived at MidHudson Regional Hospital with a gunshot wound.
The condition of both victims was not immediately available.
A large number of people were at the park for a soccer match. Most left when the shots rang out, but a few were observed talking to the first-arriving cops.
Anyone who may have information regarding the shooting is asked to call the City of Poughkeepsie Police confidential tip line at 845-451-7577.
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