Crime & Safety
Riverhead Man Fired Shots in Hospital Parking Lot: Police
BREAKING: The 35-year-old is charged with reckless endangerment, police say.
BAY SHORE, NY – A Riverhead man has been arrested for firing a handgun in the Southside Hospital parking lot in Bay Shore Saturday morning, police said.
John Gamble, 35, is charged with first degree reckless endangerment.
Third Precinct police officers responded to a call of shots fired in the parking lot outside the hospital located at 301 East Main St. at 5:50 a.m. Officers responded and arrested Gamble after it was determined that he fired multiple rounds from a 9mm handgun into the air, police said.
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No one was injured, police said.
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Southside Hospital went into lockdown mode for a couple hours Saturday as police investigated.
Gamble, of Wildwood Trail in Riverhead, will be held overnight at the Third Precinct and is scheduled for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip on Sunday.
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