Crime & Safety
2 Killed, 5 Injured at Halloween Party Shooting
Random shots were fired after the lights were turned off.
NEWBURGH, NY — A Halloween party was the scene Sunday of a shooting that killed two women and injured five others.
A witness said that random shots were fired at the party after someone turned out the lights around 12:43 a.m., the Times Herald-Record said.
Newburgh residents Tabitha Cruz, 20, and Omani Free, 18, were killed.
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The five others who were injured are expected to recover, the Daily Freeman said.
The shootings, which police are still investigating, took place at an apartment building at 119 Broadway.
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For more, go to the Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman.
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