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GOP’s Would-Be NY Guv Says 2 Shot Outside His Long Island House With Daughters Inside<!-- wp:html --><p>Michael M Santiago/Getty Images</p> <p>Two people were shot outside the Long Island home of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-lee-zeldin-accosted-by-armed-man-at-new-york-campaign-stop">Rep. Lee Zeldin</a> (R-NY) on Sunday afternoon, he told the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/10/09/two-people-shot-outside-ny-gov-hopeful-rep-lee-zeldins-long-island-home-while-twin-daughters-inside/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow"><em>New York Post</em></a><em>. </em>The Republican, who is running for New York governor, said his two teenage daughters were home at the time and that he did not know who was hurt but that both people were hospitalized. </p> <p>It was not immediately clear whether the shooting had anything to do with the congressman, nor whether it was political in nature.</p> <p>Zeldin’s 16-year-old twins had been “doing homework” when they heard the shots, he told the newspaper. “They heard the shots. Boom! They went upstairs and locked themselves in the bathroom,” the congressman, who was out of the house, added.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/lee-zeldin-long-island-congressman-says-2-shot-outside-his-home-with-daughters-inside?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Two people were shot outside the Long Island home of Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) on Sunday afternoon, he told the New York Post. The Republican, who is running for New York governor, said his two teenage daughters were home at the time and that he did not know who was hurt but that both people were hospitalized.

It was not immediately clear whether the shooting had anything to do with the congressman, nor whether it was political in nature.

Zeldin’s 16-year-old twins had been “doing homework” when they heard the shots, he told the newspaper. “They heard the shots. Boom! They went upstairs and locked themselves in the bathroom,” the congressman, who was out of the house, added.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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