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Police Release Photo, Video Of Suspect In Staten Island Hair Salon Shooting

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police have released photos and video of a man wanted in connection to a shooting on Staten Island.

It happened around 3:50 p.m. Wednesday at a hair salon on Victory Boulevard near Montgomery Avenue in the St. George section.

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Police are trying to identify a man wanted in connection to a shooting that happened on Staten Island on Aug. 25, 2021. (Credit: NYPD Crime Stoppers)

Surveillance video shows two men walking outside the salon and looking in the front window.

One man appears to point inside, then the other pulls out a gun and opens fire, shattering the window and sending a number of customers and workers inside running and ducking for cover.

The two men then take off down Victory Boulevard.

Police say a 17-year-old girl was grazed in the head and a 35-year-old woman was shot twice in the buttocks.

Both were taken to a local hospital in stable condition.

Anyone who has information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-8477 or for Spanish, 1-888-577-4782. Tips can also be sent to the NYPDTips Twitter account or submitted online at NYPDCrimeStoppers.com.

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