- A Fourth of July cookout near Coney Island was disrupted by a shooting that wounded eight people.
- Four of the victims were children (ages 6, 7, 12 and 14); a 21-year-old woman was in critical condition and the others are expected to survive.
- Police say a masked shooter fired into the apartment courtyard, fled and a gun was recovered; the incident was about a block from the Coney Island boardwalk and Nathan’s contest site.
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