1 Killed, 3 Hurt in Shooting at Valentine's Party: Police

A shooting at a Valentine's Day party killed one person and injured three others, police said. 

The party was in the basement of a church at 253 South William Street in Newburgh, police said. The basement had been rented out and the church wasn't connected to the shooting, police said. 

Gevontay Owens-Grant, 24, of Newburgh, was killed in the shooting, police said. He was pronounced dead at St. Luke's Hospital.

The motive wasn't clear. No other information was immediately available.

Newburgh is on the Hudson River in Orange County, about 60 miles north of New York City.

Police asked anyone with information to contact the City of Newburgh Police Department at (845)561-3131.

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