Police: Teen Charged in Kings Park Shooting, Robbery

A 16-year-old from Middle Island was arrested Friday and charged with robbing a woman and shooting a man in Kings Park earlier this week.

According to police, Gaven Benson was a guest at the Kings Park home of Amal Cummings, located on Old Dock Road, on Wednesday night when he pointed a gun and demanded money from Cummings and her friend Henry Wrobel, 29, of Brentwood.

Cummings complied and gave Benson money, police said. Benson then shot Wrobel once in the leg and fled the home at about 11:15 p.m., police said.

Wrobel was treated at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown and later released.

After an investigation, Fourth Squad detectives arrested Benson on Northridge Drive in Coram at about 4:45 p.m. Friday without incident, police said.

Benson was charged with second degree assault, first degree robbery, first degree attempted robbery and second degree criminal possession of a weapon.

He will be held overnight at the Fourth Precinct and scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Saturday.