NEW YORK, NY – New York City Police Department detectives are investigating a possible hate crime against a Jewish man and his son outside a Kosher supermarket on Victory Boulevard in Staten Island.
Police said the man and his 7-year-old son were both shot at by a male in a black Ford Mustang outside Island Kosher.
The two were wearing yarmulkes at the time of the shooting. The father was struck in the upper torso and the child had a graze wound to the head. Neither was seriously injured.
No further suspect description was provided. No arrests have been made. Police are investigating the incident as a possible biased crime.
