Detectives said a bullet struck the man's wallet inside his pants pocket and was deflected. He was not injured. Police have not identified the gunman or said why the victim may have been targeted.

CORAM, Long Island (PIX11) — A man walked away from being shot on Long Island on Wednesday after his wallet saved him from being hit by a bullet, according to police. Suffolk County Police told ...

Long Island Crime Alfred Callahan III, Southampton police dispatcher, fires gun accidentally in car; bullet stopped by passenger's wallet, cops say ...

A bullet traveled through the dispatcher’s hand and pierced a wallet in the passenger’s pocket, she said. The dispatcher was treated at a hospital and is recovering from his wound, police said.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — An off-duty dispatcher for a Long Island police department accidentally shot himself in the hand while unloading his gun as he was driving a moving car, and the bullet ...

A man was shot and killed in front of a home in Long Beach Thursday morning, ... what appeared to be a wallet, a box of cigarettes, a bullet casing, a jacket and a paper cup.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — An off-duty dispatcher for a Long Island police department accidentally shot himself in the hand while unloading his gun as he was driving a moving car, and the bullet lodged ...

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Police say an off-duty dispatcher for a Long Island police department accidentally shot himself in the hand while he was unloading his gun as he drove a moving car. They ...