Huntington Station woman shot in leg, mistook noise for firecracker
A 40-year-old woman from Huntington Station was shot on Wednesday, July 6 just before 11:30 p.m.
Lanise Felder was walking on Craven Avenue towards 10th Avenue in Huntington Station when police said she thought she heard a firecracker explode and then felt tingling in her lower leg and realized she had been shot about four inches above her ankle.
Felder, 40, was transported by a family member to Huntington Hospital, where she contacted police and received treatment for her injury.
The investigation is ongoing. Detectives are asking anyone with information about the incident, or about a black SUV, possibly a Nissan Pathfinder, that was seen leaving the scene of the shooting, to contact the Second Squad at 631-854-8252 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.