Long Beach Man Wounded in Shooting

By Timothy Bolger Posted on January 14, 2013

A Long Beach man was shot and wounded at an Island Park restaurant/bar at around midnight Sunday, authorities said.

The victim’s friend called 911 to report that the victim told the caller he was shot in the abdomen, according to Long Beach city police.

Officers responded to the victim’s house, where he told the officers that he walked home after the shooting, police said.

The victim was taken to South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside for treatment.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.