Long Island Group Of 4 Beats, Shoots Man With BB Gun In Park: Police

LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY — Four males, including a pair of teens, were cuffed Wednesday night after they ganged up on a man, beating him with a baseball bat and then shooting him with a BB gun at a Lake Ronkonkoma park, Suffolk police said.

Police were called to Larry’s Landing on Lake Shore Road around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday after a 911 caller reported a ruckus. There they found a 20-year-old Lake Grove man, who police said was attacked by four people who knew him.

The man was hit with "a metal baseball bat, kicked, and then shot with a BB gun," police said.

He was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was admitted with serious injuries.

The group was nabbed a short time later, said police. Ruben Jadan and Chase Langford, both 20 and from Lake Ronkonkoma, as well as a 16-year-old Ronkonkoma boy, and an 18-year-old Brookhaven man, were each charged with first-degree gang assault and first-and second-degree assault, police said.

Under New York State penal code gang assault is defined as participation in an assault with two or more people and seriously injuring a person. It is classified a felony.

Police do not believe the assault is related to an organized gang or drugs, a spokeswoman said.

The 16-year-old was scheduled to appear in family court Thursday. The other three were to be held overnight and appear in Central Islip district court Friday.