{"id":5099,"date":"2026-07-05T12:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/07\/05\/at-least-eight-shot-including-four-children-in-new-yorks-coney-island\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T12:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:47:13","slug":"at-least-eight-shot-including-four-children-in-new-yorks-coney-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=5099","title":{"rendered":"At least eight shot, including four children, in New York\u2019s Coney Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-14sl0e4\">\n<div class=\"dcr-17l77cs\">\n<figure id=\"0383846e-95d7-49e1-a07a-6d5ba2161bdf\" class=\"dcr-191xnya\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police officers stand beside markers placed on the pavement of a street in Coney Island\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/967b535211c090dce981ba7d95e448033da6b162\/270_0_2700_2160\/master\/2700.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><span class=\"dcr-kogzpx\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-18mnkpm\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1294qmb\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-4sl2vt\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1mfxiaj\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">NYPD officers at the scene of the shooting.<\/span> Photograph: Kyle Mazza\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"0383846e-95d7-49e1-a07a-6d5ba2161bdf\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-qda0hp\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1e9iiy9\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">NYPD officers at the scene of the shooting.<\/span> Photograph: Kyle Mazza\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-ql9l8l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-6mja0y\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-l0wuod\">At least eight shot, including four children, in New York\u2019s Coney Island<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1xpojbf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1gm5ptv\">\n<p>Incident took place late in the evening on Independence Day, reports say, with woman said to be in critical condition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-x1al2c\">\n<div class=\"dcr-11gq2tx\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-1w2vkyc\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-ogvvui\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">At \u2060least eight people, including four children, were shot and injured during the \u2060US \u200bIndependence Day holiday in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/new-york\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">New York<\/a> City\u2019s Coney Island neighbourhood, ABC News \u2060said on Sunday, citing the New York City police department (NYPD).<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Police officers responded to reports of a shooting \u200bat about 10.37pm on the Brooklyn neighbourhood\u2019s West 31st Street, \u200cthe NYPD said in a statement to ABC News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Those injured included two men, two women, and four children \u2013 aged 14, 12, seven and six \u2013 according to the \u200cnews outlet. It quoted the NYPD as saying all the victims had \u200bbeen transported to hospitals. Seven were in stable condition, it said, while a 21-year-old woman was in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Police said they recovered \u2060a firearm at the scene but \u200bhave not \u200bmade any arrests, according \u200bto ABC. The NYPD did not \u200bimmediately respond \u200cto a \u200bReuters \u200brequest for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Saturday marked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jul\/04\/trump-launches-americas-250th-birthday-celebrations-with-partisan-attack\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><em>More details soon \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-swayiu\"><span class=\"dcr-1xhbmzr\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-2c03t5\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-p7nd18\">\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/new-york\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-313bdz\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=At%20least%20eight%20shot,%20including%20four%20children,%20in%20New%20York%E2%80%99s%20Coney%20Island&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jul\/05\/shooting-children-new-york-coney-island?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-ncybeu\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-19bkree\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fjul%2F05%2Fshooting-children-new-york-coney-island&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/jul\/05\/shooting-children-new-york-coney-island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-1c41onw\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-axwinp\"><span class=\"dcr-1ryr20k\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYPD officers at the scene of the shooting. 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