Suspect in Port Chester Shooting Nabbed After Manhunt

PORT CHESTER, NY — After receiving multiple 911 emergency calls about gunshots near Fox Island Road in Port Chester, police found a 25-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the chest. The victim was conscious and able to describe the person who shot him, kicking off a multi-state manhunt.

The victim told police that he was an acquaintance of the 28-year-old man responsible for the shooting. After searching the area with the help of K9 units and Westchester County Police helicopters, authorities cast a wider net.

Police believe the suspect involved in Thursday night’s violence fled the crime scene on foot, but a Port Chester-wide search didn’t turn up any sign of the fugitive. Port Chester authorities also involved police from Rye, Westchester County and Stamford Connecticut.

After a lengthy search by the Port Port Chester Emergency Response Unit and neighboring jurisdictions, which was described as being at times “high risk,” the high-tech Westchester County Real Time Crime Center located the fugitive near Maple Place.

“We would like the residents of the Village to know this is an isolated incident where both parties involved know each other and appear to have gotten into a dispute,” Port Chester Police said in a statement released on Saturday. “There is no threat to anyone in the Village.”

The unidentified suspect was taken into custody without incident. He was later charged with Assault in the first degree and booked into the Westchester County Jail.

The victim is in the hospital recovering from his injuries. He is said to be in stable condition.