NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)– Police are searching for a gunman who they say shot and injured five teenagers at a Brooklyn playground.
It happened just before 5 p.m. at Harry Maze Playground in East Flatbush.
Police say the male victims, ages 15 to 18, were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say the teens were at the playground in East Flatbush when an unknown person approached them and started shooting.
Two of the teens were struck in the hand, one was struck in the leg and another in the cheek.
Police say a fifth teen suffered a gunshot wound on the side of his stomach.
There have been no arrests.
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