EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (PIX11) – Two people were shot in Tompkins Square Park on Saturday, according to the NYPD.
It happened around 12:47 p.m. Officers found a 26-year-old man with a gunshot wound on his backside and a 63-year-old woman with a gunshot wound on her hip, according to authorities.
They were taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
No arrests have been made. An investigation is ongoing.
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