Shirley Man Shot During Home Invasion

By Timothy Bolger Posted on August 10, 2015

Suffolk County police are investigating a home invasion during which a 24-year-old man was shot in the leg in Shirley on Sunday night, authorities said.

Three men armed with guns entered a Lexington Road home, shot the victim and fled with stolen property at 9:17 p.m., police said.

The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment of a non-life-threatening injury. No arrests have been made.

Seventh Squad detectives are continuing the investigation.

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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.