Night Club Shooting in New York Leaves 10 Injured

The event took place only hours following the terrorist attack in New Orleans and the Tesla Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas. Read Full Article at RT.com.

Night Club Shooting in New York Leaves 10 Injured
The incident took place just hours following the terrorist attack in New Orleans and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas.

Local police have reported that ten people were shot outside a music venue in Queens, New York, when several assailants opened fire on a crowd waiting to enter. The shooting occurred around 11:18 pm local time on Wednesday, with victims aged between 16 and 20 sustaining non-life-threatening injuries. They were subsequently transported to local hospitals.

Authorities indicated that around 30 shots were fired, with the male suspects fleeing the scene on foot before escaping in a sedan displaying out-of-state license plates. Investigations are ongoing into possible gang connections; however, officials have stated that the shooting was not classified as a terrorist attack.

Earlier that day, two major incidents occurred in the U.S.—a terrorist assault in New Orleans and an explosion involving a Tesla Cybertruck near a Trump commercial property in Las Vegas.

At least 10 individuals were injured in the shooting outside the nightclub near the Amazura venue in Jamaica, occurring just before 11:20 p.m. The injured were taken to several nearby hospitals, including Long Island Jewish Hospital.

In an earlier incident on New Year’s Day, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US Army veteran from Texas, drove a rented Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. This attack resulted in 15 deaths and injured more than 35 people. After crashing the vehicle, Jabbar engaged in a shootout with police, during which he was shot and killed. An Islamic State flag was found in his truck along with explosives, prompting the FBI to investigate it as an act of terrorism.

Subsequently, a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. The vehicle, rented in Colorado through the Turo app, contained firework mortars and gas canisters, indicating that the explosion was likely intentional. The driver perished in the incident, while seven others sustained minor injuries. Authorities are treating this event as a potential act of terrorism and are looking into possible links with the New Orleans incident, given the similarities in rental methods and timing.

Sophie Wagner for TROIB News