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Man shot during home invasion fracas

By Vera Chinese

A Riverhead man was shot in the back Tuesday night after a woman tried to scare off two robbers during an attempted burglary at a Riverhead home.

Riverhead Police said two burglars attempted to break into the Union Avenue home about 11:30 a.m. The suspects then began fighting with 34-year-old Vashon Barrow, who lives in the house, and Alfred Lee Marshall, who lives nearby.

Nessa Gilmore, 28, who also lived in the house, then grabbed a shotgun that the residents said they kept in the house for protection, police said. The gun accidentally went off, striking Mr. Marshall in the back.

Mr. Marshall was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead for treatment of “non-life threatening injuries.” Peconic Bay Medical Center declined to release Mr. Marshall’s status Wednesday morning.

The two burglars fled the scene and no arrests were made. Police are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to call detectives at 727-4500.

Vera Chinese has been the editor of northforker.com and northforker magazines since May 2014. Prior to that she spent two and a half years as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News. She joined the Riverhead News-Review as a staff writer in January 2010 and was named Associate Web Editor nine months later. She previously worked for the Southampton Press Western Edition and was named the third place 2008 Rookie Reporter of the Year by the New York Press Association. She graduated from Wagner College in 2006 where she received a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in English education from New York University in 2007. She is a 2002 graduate of Eastport High School and has lived on the East End for more than 20 years.

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