An emergency vehicle outside the Outfield Pub in East Islip...

An emergency vehicle outside the Outfield Pub in East Islip early Sunday after a bystander inside was shot and critically wounded during an altercation, police said. Credit: Paul Mazza

A bystander was shot in the neck and critically wounded early Sunday in East Islip after an altercation between two men inside a bar, Suffolk police said.

About 1:10 a.m., a man approached another man inside Outfield Pub on Carleton Avenue "and pressed a gun against his body," police said in a news release. The gun fired and a bullet struck a woman in the neck, police said.

The woman was taken to a hospital and is in critical condition, police said, adding that the gunman fled the scene.

The male victim was treated at a hospital for nonlife threatening injuries. The identities of the victims and the suspect were not immediately available.

A representative of the bar could not be reached for comment Sunday.

Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact the Third Squad at 631-854-8352 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS [8477]. 

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