Days after an alleged shooting at or near the intersection of Washington Avenue and Depuyster Avenue, which is near the mountain, the City of Beacon Police Department issued a Press Release with some details:

“On November 20, 2023 at approximately 6:30pm the Beacon Police Department responded to the area of Washington Avenue and Depuyster Avenue for a report of gunshots. Upon arrival, officers located a crime scene which the Detective Division began processing. A short time later, a local hospital received a male victim with non-life-threatening gunshot wound. He was treated and later released. The department is continuing to investigate and due to the nature of the incident further details are not being released at this time. Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information that would further the investigation is encouraged to contact the Beacon Police Department Detective Division by calling 845-831-4111.”

Locals listening to the police scanner say that the people involved in the shooting used cars, versus if they had walked there. This area is relatively far from downtown Beacon or the I-84. It is not clear how or why the hospital receiving a male victim with a gunshot wound was connected to this shooting.

Some locals in the area have indicated that they did not see an ambulance, so the victim may have been dropped off at the hospital or taken themselves. It is also not stated which hospital. Sometimes these Press Releases do sometimes include the name of the hospital.

Some locals arriving home after work said they encountered the road being blocked off while the police investigated the crime scene.

In the last Press Release issued by the City of Beacon Police with the attempted entry, they indicated who the person they arrested was. In the Press Release before that for the shooting at Bank Street and Tompkins Avenue, the police did not make any indications on who the shooter was.

Pictured above is the intersection of Washington Avenue and Depuyster Avenue.