Police: Two Men Arrested Following A Shooting In Flanders, One Person Injured

Two men were arrested following a shooting in Flanders where one person was injured.

On Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 3:08 p.m, police received several reports of gunshots in the area of McKinley Street in Flanders.

At 5 McKinley Street a male victim suffered gunshot wounds while standing in front of his residence. Two men in a white Chrysler sedan were observed in the area fled the scene prior to police arrival.

Southampton Town Police, New York State Police and K-9 Units, Westhampton Beach Village Police, and the Suffolk County Police Aviation Unit responded to the area.

Alert Southampton Town Police Officers stopped two male occupants in the involved vehicle near Spinney Road and State Road 24 in Flanders.

After an intensive investigation, it was determined that one of the vehicle occupants, Kwame Opoku, 32 of Mastic Beach had engaged in a verbal altercation with the victim earlier in the day which led to the assault at McKinley Street.

Southampton Town Detectives arrested Opoku for assault in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, criminal use of a firearm in the second degree, and reckless endangerment in the first degree. Emmanuel Coleman, 34, of Riverhead was also arrested for assault in the first degree and on a warrant for violation of parole

The victim, 36, was transported to Stony Brook Hospital by the Suffolk County Police Aviation Unit where he underwent surgery and is listed in critical condition.

Opoku and Coleman will be held overnight at Southampton Town Police HQ and arraigned at Southampton Justice Court in Hampton Bays in the morning.