Teen charged with 2016 shooting in Hempstead yard that wounded 2

Monday, May 8, 2017
HEMPSTEAD, Long Island (WABC) -- A teenager on Long Island is facing attempted murder charges in a shooting last summer that left two men hurt in Nassau County.

19-year-old Jose Barahona of Uniondale was taken into custody Sunday at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow.
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Police say last August, Barahona opened fire on five people in a yard in Hempstead.

A 20-year-old man was shot in the hand and foot. A 37-year-old man was shot in the stomach. Both victims survived.
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Three other men in their 20s in the yard were not injured.

Barahona is charged with five counts of attempted murder and one count of criminal possession of a weapon.
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