Driver shot by passing vehicle on Long Island Expressway

NYPD officers responding to emergency call. File photo by Roy Janssen
NYPD officers responding to emergency call. File photo by Roy Janssen

NEW YORK, NY – New York City Police Department detectives are investigating after a shooting on the Long Island Expressway involving two vehicles.

Police said a 42-year-old man was driving along the Long Island Expressway in the area of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) exit at around 2:40 am when he was shot in the leg by an occupant of another vehicle.

Investigators said there were no events leading up to the shooting. The man was treated at a local hospital and released.

No suspects have been identified and police do not know why the man was targeted.