Lee Zeldin was on his way to a Columbus Day Parade in The Bronx on Sunday when bullets flew outside his Shirley home, where his 16-year-old twin daughters were doing homework at the time.
Zeldin, who is running against Gov. Kathy Hochul, said his daughters dashed to an upstairs bathroom, locked themselves in and called 911 after they heard the shots outside the house.The two wounded teens — Joel Murphy and Elijah Robinson, both 17 — were walking down the quiet suburban street shortly before 2:20 p.m. Sunday when they were fired upon.The Zeldin family walk past police officers outside their home.
A third teen who was with them, 15-year-old Tyler Smith, escaped unharmed and ran home.one of Zeldin’s daughters, told reporters Monday“When we heard the screaming, we definitely knew it was gunshots,” she said. “When I saw a person on our lawn, I didn’t know if he was the shooter or the one being targeted.”“We’re 16,” she said. “To experience something like that at this young age is very scary. We didn’t know if they were coming after us.
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