Two shot outside New York Congressman Lee Zeldin's home

Two people were shot on Sunday outside the home of New York congressman and Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, who has made addressing transgression and unit a cardinal constituent of his campaign, helium said successful a statement.

The shooting appeared to person nary transportation to the Zeldin family, CNN and the Wall Street Journal reported, citing constabulary and officials acquainted with the ongoing probe.

Zeldin said helium did not cognize the identities of the two individuals who were shot, but said they had been laying down nether his beforehand structure and the bushes successful beforehand of it.

Zeldin said lone his two daughters were at home at the clip of the shooting. Further details of the shooting and its motives were not clear.

"My daughters are shaken, but ok. Like truthful many New Yorkers, transgression has virtually made its mode to our beforehand door," Zeldin said successful his statement.

Suffolk County Police said the two people injured successful the incidental were transported to country hospitals for treatment.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul, against whom Zeldin is running, said she had been briefed connected the shooting.

Zeldin was attacked at a July run lawsuit by a New York man who present faces national charges of assaulting a subordinate of Congress utilizing a deadly weapon. There was nary denotation that the Sunday shooting was linked to the July attack.