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Police Looking For Man Who Shot Off Gun Inside Queensbridge Houses

March 26, 2020 By Allie Griffin

Police are looking for a man who shot off a gun several times inside Long Island City’s Queensbridge Houses.

The man discharged the gun several times inside 41-17 Vernon Blvd. at 1:34 a.m. on March 14, police said.

Police said no one was hurt — and there were no reported injuries as a result of the incident.

The man fled the building in an unknown direction.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this male is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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Sara Ross

I grew up in the Ravenswood Houses in the 1960s and 70s and Queensbridge has never changed. Sad, disgusting or both.

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CG

Isnt this a normal form of recreation there. Better they discharge firearms there than into someone else’s house or in the trying to be peaceful Astoria community.

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