Police: String of pellet gun shootings on Long Island may be linked to TikTok challenge
Police
say a string of pellet gun shootings in Nassau and Suffolk counties may be
linked to social media.
As News 12 has reported, the airsoft gun shootings happened in both
counties and is an islandwide issue at this point.
However, in Levittown, people who live in
the neighborhood are pretty shaken up after
the latest incident on Monday.
In doorbell camera video, a car is seen pulling up to two men walking and someone shoots at them with what turned out to be a pellet gun.
The incident is one of four incidents that Nassau police are now investigating.
Suffolk police are also investigating two pellet gun shootings. One of the
shootings was this week at the Deer Park Tanger Outlets where a 12-year-old had
to be taken to the hospital because she was hit in the eye.
Police say they believe the
incidents could be linked to a nationwide TikTok challenge.
No
arrests have been made, and it's unclear if the Nassau incidents are connected
to the Suffolk incidents.