Two partygoers and a security guard were shot shortly after 5 p.m. during the private celebration at The Mansion in Glen Cove, a luxury hotel on Long Island’s Gold Coast that is a popular wedding venue.
A gunman opened fire amid “commotion” among attendees at what Glen Cove police said was a “Big Fendi Celebrity B-Day Pool Party” gathering advertised online.
According to police, the three victims suffered non-life threatening injuries. They are being treated in area hospitals.
The event drew between 150 and 200 people and was continuing when shots were fired, according to the local department.
One suspect fled before police arrived and remains at large. However, Glen Cove police said there is no threat to the public and their investigation is ongoing.
Police say the suspect fled the event before they arrived at the private pool party held in Glen Cove.James Staubitser
The hotel’s outdoor pool, which features sun loungers and poolside cabanas as well as views of the mansion’s gardens, was closed for the private event on Sunday, according to the venue’s calendar.
The violent incident adds to the mansion’s storied and glamorous history.
The Mansion at Glen Cove was built in 1910 by architect Charles Adams Platt. The 55-acre estate was home to corporate attorney John Teele Pratt and Ruth Baker Pratt, who became the first woman elected to Congress from New York, before being converted into a convention center hotel in 1967.
The unidentified victims were shot after 5pm after a disturbance broke out among the attendees. James Staubicher
The building and its grounds were also the partial set of two popular 1950s films – Sabrina starring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and William Holden and Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest starring Cary Grant.
Management for the Mansion did not immediately return a request for comment.
