10 injured in mass shooting outside Queens nightclub on New Year's Day, NYPD says
Ten people were injured in a New Year's Day mass shooting in New York City when a group of men opened fire on a crowd of people standing outside a nightclub in Queens, according to police.
The nightclub is called Amazura, according to reports by ABC7, Fox5, and other outlets.
New York police were dispatched at 11:18 p.m. Wednesday to the venue on 144th Place after receiving multiple 911 calls about the attack, NYPD Chief of Patrol Philip Rivera told reporters. While Rivera said the shooting was not a terror attack, he told reporters that detectives are investigating whether it was gang-related.
All the victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries, Rivera said.
"There's zero tolerance for these senseless shootings, these horrible acts of violence on our streets," Rivera said in a brief media conference at the scene, which the NYPD shared on X. "And those responsible for this crime will be apprehended and brought to justice."
Shooting targeted people outside private event
The shooting took place outside a venue where about 90 people had gathered upstairs for a private event. Approximately another 15 people were outside awaiting entry when either three or four male suspects opened fire on the crowd, Rivera said.
The suspects then fled west on 91st Avenue, where they got into a light-colored sedan with out-of-state plates on 143rd place, Rivera said.
Investigators believe that more than 30 shots were fired into the crowd, but Rivera said detectives were still processing ballistics evidence to determine an accurate number.
Of the 10 people injured in the shooting, six were females, and four were males. The victims, who were between the ages of 16 and 20, were treated at nearby hospitals and were expected to survive, Rivera said.
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(This article was updated to include video.)