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1 Dead, 1 Injured in Another Shooting Outside Mount Vernon Bar
The bloodshed Friday was the second multiple shooting outside a Mount Vernon bar this week
Friday, Aug 31, 2012 | Updated 12:09 PM EDT
One man is dead and another is injured after a shooting outside a bar in Mount Vernon.
The bloodshed Friday was the second multiple shooting outside a Mount Vernon bar this week.
The Journal News reports that the latest shooting happened at 3:40 a.m. in front of a bar called Mums Lounge.
Police Commissioner Carl Bell tells the newspaper that one or more people opened fire outside the bar. A 48-year-old man was shot in the head and killed, and a 54-year-old man was shot in the elbow. Their names were not immediately released.
Four people were injured, one critically, when a gunman opened fire early Wednesday outside another Mount Vernon bar.
Police say there is no evidence linking the two shootings.
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