Clarkstown police help shooting victim, look for suspects

CLARKSTOWN - Police are looking for four suspects after an officer helped save a 29-year-old man who was shot in the leg in Central Nyack on Thursday night.

A Clarkstown police officer tied a tourniquet on the man's leg after finding him with a gunshot wound at 52 Mountainview Ave. around 6:55 p.m., Officer Peter Walker said. The officer's effort "greatly increased the chances of the victim surviving the injury," he said, adding that for the last year the department has been training officers to use tourniquets.

The victim was alert at the scene and taken to Nyack Hospital but has since been transferred to Westchester Medical Center for surgery, police said.

Four suspects ran from the scene, but no description of the men was immediately available, police said. Police said it was not a random shooting, and that it appeared the victim was targeted, possibly over a prior dispute.

The area of Mountainview Avenue and Route 59 was shut down around 7 p.m. but had reopened by early Friday.

The Clarkstown Police Department posted on its social media pages that "there is no threat to the residents in the area."

Police are asking anyone who was in the area and witnessed anything to send information through the department's Tip411 or call 845-639-5800.

You can access Tip411 by clicking on the "Submit A Tip" button on the Clarkstown Police Department's Facebook page.

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