NYPD officials say the fatal shooting on Randall's Island overnight Monday was an act of retaliation amid ongoing and unreported violence in the area.
NYPD officials say the fatal shooting on Randall's Island overnight Monday was an act of retaliation amid ongoing and unreported violence in the area. Police also say the shooting "did not surprise them at all," and are looking into quality of life conditions as the city continues to struggle with the ongoing migrant crisis.This is not the first time police have had to respond to a deadly situation at the migrant shelter.
In June, a 25-year-old man was stabbed during a large brawl that broke out between two groups at the shelter following a separate stabbing earlier in the same day. Police arrested two people living at the migrant shelter in connection to the incident.In February, a physical confrontation between NYPD officers and migrants on Randall's Island.
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