Man Points Shotgun At Group Of People In Suffolk: Police

KINGS PARK, NY — A man was arrested Tuesday night after Suffolk police say he pointed a shotgun at a group of people in a commercial parking lot in Kings Park.

Kenneth Kopek, 39, of Kings Park, was arguing with a group of people in the parking lot in front of 66 Indian Head Road when he pointed a loaded double-barreled shotgun in their direction around 9:15 p.m., police said. Kopek fled before officers arrived, police said.

Kopek was arrested shortly after at his Shay Drive home following an investigation, police said. He was charged with second-degree menacing and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He was held overnight at the Fourth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Wednesday.