The New York Police Department (NYPD) assured the public it was “not a terrorist attack” after ten people were shot outside the Amazura nightclub in Jamaica, Queens on New Year’s Day – the same day a terrorist attack was committed in New Orleans.
Officers received multiple 911 calls for “multiple people” shot at a private event around 11:18 p.m. According to police, about 90 people were at the location for the event.
Police said three to four men walked up to the location and opened fire more than 30 times toward a group queuing outside the event, hitting several vehicles.
The men ran west on 91st Street toward 143rd Place, where they entered a light-colored sedan with out-of-state license plates. Police said the shooting was “not a terrorist attack.”
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NYPD officers at a crime scene outside the Amazura nightclub in Jamaica, Queens. (LLN NYC)
The victims, six women and four men, were transported to area hospitals. None of the victims are in critical condition and are expected to survive.
A massive police and ambulance response could be seen outside Amazura nightclub with a capacity of 4,000 people and regularly hosting DJs and performances.
The NYPD told Fox News that police are looking for a gray Infiniti sedan that fled the scene.
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The shooting capped a violent New Year’s Day that began with a terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that killed fifteen people, and a Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas that killed one person.
