Crime & Safety

1 Child, 2 Adults Dead In Hudson Valley Shooting

A person of interest is in custody, according to officials.

NEWBURGH, NY — A child and two adults were killed in what officials described as a "targeted" shooting around 8:15 a.m. Sunday in the Town of Newburgh. Police said a 9-year-old boy and a man and a woman were fatally shot in the Chadwick Lake area of Newburgh.

A person of interest, who was known to the victims, has been taken into custody, MidHudson News said.

There are no other suspects, officials said.

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Town of Newburgh Supervisor Gil Piaquadio said the police feel certain it was not just a random house that was chosen, the Times Herald-Record reported.

A 3-year-old boy with serious injuries was taken to the hospital.

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