Newburgh Police Investigate Shooting Near Third Street and City Terrace

Several spent shell casings marked the pavement near Third Street and City Terrace after shots rang out at 3:10 p.m. Saturday, April 4, sending Newburgh's Non-Fatal Shooting Task Force to the scene to begin what could be a prolonged follow-up investigation.

The task force is not a routine patrol response. It is a standing multi-agency unit that draws together detectives from the Newburgh Police Department, investigators and attorneys from the Orange County District Attorney's Office under DA David Hoovler, and data analysts from the Hudson Valley Crime Analysis Center. Funded through New York State's Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative administered by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, the unit was built specifically to pursue gun cases where physical evidence is thin and witnesses are reluctant to come forward. Investigators work to recover ballistic evidence, cross-reference shell casings against prior shooting data, canvass for private and municipal surveillance footage, and build cases strong enough to survive uncooperative witnesses.

The intersection where Saturday's shots were fired carries prior law enforcement history. In July 2024, Newburgh detectives from the same task force were actively patrolling Third Street and City Terrace following a rash of narcotics complaints in the area, leading to the arrest of a man found with a loaded firearm after a foot chase. The pattern of repeat attention to a single corridor is exactly the kind of geographic concentration the GIVE initiative was designed to address.

As of Sunday, police had released no information on a confirmed victim or suspect, a common posture during the earliest hours of a non-fatal shooting investigation while detectives complete victim notification and witness outreach before making details public. The recovery of multiple shell casings, however, confirmed gunfire was discharged at the scene.

Detectives are still canvassing for any video that private residents, businesses, or city cameras may have captured in the moments surrounding 3:10 p.m. Saturday. Anyone who was in the area of Third Street and City Terrace that afternoon and saw or recorded anything is asked to call Newburgh City Police at 845-569-7529. All calls may remain anonymous. Tips submitted in the early days of an investigation can shape whether the task force develops probable cause for an arrest or files charges through the DA's office.

The Non-Fatal Shooting Task Force has produced convictions in previous Newburgh gun cases, including a 19-year sentence secured in Orange County Court for a violent offender whose case the unit built despite limited witness cooperation. Whether Saturday's shooting follows that trajectory depends largely on what evidence and tips surface in the coming days.