Crime & Safety

Cops: Homeless Teen Charged With Shooting Woman

A K-9 unit was used to help track down the suspect after a Riverhead shooting Monday night.

A homeless 17-year-old male was arrested and charged after a reported shooting on Raynor Avenue in Riverhead on Monday night, police said.

According to Riverhead police, officers responded at 8:20 p.m. to Raynor Avenue, where an alleged assault was in progress. Upon arrival, a woman, 52, reported receiving injuries from a gun shot.

She was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center by Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

An investigation revealed that Nathan Streit, 17, who is homeless, had been involved in a dispute with two men at the scene; the suspect fired several rounds from a shot gun at the men; neither were injured, police said.

Pellets from one of the shots hit the woman, who was injured.

Police said the teen fled from the scene and was tracked to an Osborn Avenue residence with the help of a Riverhead police K-9 unit.

The house was searched by Riverhead police with assistance from the New York State police.

Streit was arrested and charged with assault in the second degree, a felony, criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, a misdemeanor, and reckless endangerment in the second degree, a misdemeanor; he was taken into custody without resistance, police said. Streit was taken into police headquarters for processing and held for arraignment.






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