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Eight people were shot in Coney Island, N.Y., during a Fourth of July fireworks display Saturday as four children were among the wounded.
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30 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
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The Plain Dealer Cleveland · Center-left · News report
UPI · Center · Wire story
The Epoch Times · Right · News report
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Eight people were shot in Coney Island, N.Y., during a Fourth of July fireworks display Saturday as four children were among the wounded.
A TEC-9 gun with an extended magazine was recovered along with 10 shell casings. Seven of the victims are "not likely to die." The 21-year-old woman was shot in the chest and is in critical...
Delta Flight 1076 was struck by a firework near Chicago's Midway Airport on the Fourth of July, but landed safely without incident.
One of the victims, a 21-year-old woman, was in critical condition.
NEW YORK—A shooting at a Fourth of July cookout near New York’s Coney Island beach wounded eight people, including four children, police said. One of the victims, a 21-year-old woman, was i...
Officers from the Lorain County Sheriff's Office on Saturday arrested a man suspected of involvement in an exchange of gunfire on Friday outside a Lakewood shopping plaza.
No fatalities were reported but victims include four children and a police detective. [ more › ]
A masked thug shot eight people during a July 4 barbecue in Brooklyn’s Coney Island last night, including four children, and left one 21-year-old woman in critical condition. Police respond...
Fourth of July shooting leaves 7 injured at Hilton Head beach
Eight people, including four children, were shot at a family barbecue Saturday night in New York's Coney Island.
One of the victims, a 21-year-old woman, was in critical condition while the others were described as being stable and expected to survive, police said.
At least eight people, including four children, were injured in a shooting in Coney Island, New York, on the Fourth of July, police said.
At least eight people, including four children, were injured in a shooting in Coney Island, New York, on the Fourth of July, police said.
At least eight people, including four children, were injured in a shooting in Coney Island, New York, on the Fourth of July, police said.
At least eight people, including four children, were injured in a shooting in Coney Island, New York, on the Fourth of July, police said.
At least eight people, including four children, were injured in a shooting in Coney Island, New York, on the Fourth of July, police said.
At least eight people, including four children, were injured in a shooting in Coney Island, New York, on the Fourth of July, police said.
At least eight people, including four children, were injured in a shooting in Coney Island, New York, on the Fourth of July, police said.
At least eight people, including four children, were injured in a shooting in Coney Island, New York, on the Fourth of July, police said.
At least eight people, including four children, were injured in a shooting in Coney Island, New York, on the Fourth of July, police said.
At least eight people, including four children, were injured in a shooting in Coney Island, New York, on the Fourth of July, police said.
At least eight people, including four children, were injured in a shooting in Coney Island, New York, on the Fourth of July, police said.
At least eight people, including four children, were injured in a shooting in Coney Island, New York, on the Fourth of July, police said.
At least eight people, including four children, were injured in a shooting in Coney Island, New York, on the Fourth of July, police said.
At least eight people, including four children, were injured in a shooting in Coney Island, New York, on the Fourth of July, police said.
Chaos erupted Saturday night during Fourth of July celebrations in Newport Beach. Video obtained by KTLA shows a large crowd of people near a Pavilions grocery store on West Balboa Boulevar...
A shooting at a Fourth of July cookout near New York's Coney Island beach wounded eight people, including four children, police said.
Police in New York City say a shooting at a Fourth of July cookout near the Coney Island beach left eight people wounded, including four children
Incident took place late in the evening on Independence Day, reports say, with woman said to be in critical condition At least eight people, including four children, were shot and wounded...
BROOKLYN, N. Y (PIX11) — Police say eight people were shot, including several children, during a family’s Fourth of July barbecue in Coney Island, and at least one victim is in critical con...
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