Crime & Safety
Shinnecocks Remain Mute on Rifle Incident
A spokeswoman for the Shinnecock Indian Nation said the trustees have 'no comment.'
The is neither denying or acknowledging the occurrence of an incident in which a Hampton Bays baymen says he and another fisherman were shot at while harvesting shellfish in the Shinnecock Bay near the reservation on Wednesday.
A spokeswoman for the Shinnecocks said on Friday that the trustees of the nation "have no comment" regarding the incident.
According to an article published on 27east earlier this week, Scott Burgess and Dean Columbo alleged that they were digging clams when "they heard the report of a rifle and the sound of bullets whizzing past" them.
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