Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., said the crime crisis hit 'extremely close to home' after two teens were shot outside his house while his daughters were home alone.
New York gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin says the ongoing crime crisis hits 'extremely close to home' after the Sunday night shooting that took place while his daughters were home alone.shooting took place outside his homeThe New York Republican gubernatorial candidate told"Fox & Friends" Monday that his two daughters were doing homework in the kitchen whenfollowed by screams just outside. They locked themselves in an upstairs bathroom and called 911.
"You had two people who got shot who were essentially laying down about ten feet from where they were doing homework," Zeldin said."One of the bullets landed about 30 feet from where the girls were doing homework." New York GOP candidate for governor Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y. said that the crime crisis in New York is hitting "close to home" after two people were shot just outside his house on Sunday afternoon.
Zeldin instructed his daughters to stay in the locked bathroom until police said the situation was all clear, which he said took some time. "When we were getting back to the house, we had to go through crime scene tape. We were getting advised where to walk so that we weren't stepping on blood," he said."This is not something that we were planning to return home to.
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