8 injured, including 4 children, in July 4 Coney Island shooting

At least eight people, including four children, were shot and injured at a family barbecue in Brooklyn's Coney Island late on July 4, according to the New York Police Department.

Officers responded to the shooting near W. 30th Street around 10:35 p.m. ET. NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch said during a July 5 news conference that a preliminary investigation indicated a man wearing all black and a ski mask allegedly fired over a fence into a courtyard where the family barbecue was taking place.

Police have not yet identified a suspect. The investigation is ongoing.

The injured children range from ages 6 to 14. The 6-year-old was shot in the abdomen, the 7-year-old in both legs, the 12-year-old in one leg and the 14-year-old in the thigh, police said.

The four children and three adult victims are in stable condition, Tisch said. A 21-year-old woman who was shot in the stomach is in critical condition.

Police said other adult victims include a 37-year-old man shot in the shoulder, a 33-year-old man with a gunshot wound in the chest and a 25-year-old woman wounded in the leg.

Tisch said there was no indication of an argument or altercation before the shooting. Police, she said, are investigating "whether there is a nexus" between the shooting and a separate gang-related homicide that occurred on the same block earlier in the week.

"There is no place for this kind of violence in our city," New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said during the July 5 news conference. "We will not tolerate it, we will fight it with every single tool at our disposal."

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This story was originally published July 5, 2026 at 7:33 AM.