Rocks Gay Nightclub Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Injured in Albany

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer

NEW YORK, NY – For the second time this year, a domestic terrorist has open fire inside a popular Gay Nightclub in New York City early Thursday morning.  According to police on scene one person has been killed and three others wounded after a gunman opened fire in a popular New York gay bar this morning.

The Rocks Bar owner Peter Hitchcock, was awakened by a frantic phone call from his bar manager informing him that four people had just been shot.  “I was in shock when I walked in. By the time I arrived, everything pretty much cleared out. There was a paramedic helping a lady with a wound to her leg.” said Hitchcock.

According to News10, police were dispatched early Thursday morning Nov. 24, after shots were fired at The Rocks Bar located at 77 Central Ave in Albany, New York at 2am.

Officers on scene state that four people had sustained gunshot wounds, one male fatality. Police say they have a suspect in custody who has not yet been identified and, that this was not a random attack.

TWC News says, “Because Rocks is a gay nightclub, Albany police want to reassure people that this was an isolated incident, and not a random attack on the bar or its patrons.”

“The one thing we want to let members of our community members know, especially the members of our LGBT community know that this is not a random act, this bar was not targeted for any specific reason,” said spokesperson for the Albany Police Department, Steve Smith.