The bloody day began around 12:50 a.m. Saturday with two men shot in the lobby of a Brooklyn building, cops said. Five others were wounded in separate acts of violence in Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx.
The bullets just keep flying.
Seven people were shot — one critically — across four boroughs Saturday, including a drive-by outside the Hudson River Cafe in Harlem, police said.
Seven people were shot — one critically — across four boroughs Saturday, including a drive-by outside the Hudson River Cafe in Harlem, police said.
The latest wave of bloodshed comes after two men were killed and 20 others wounded in shootings last weekend. NYPD statistics through Aug. 17 show the number of people shot has spiked about 10%, compared with the same time period last year.
Saturday’s violence began around 12:50 a.m. when two men, 21 and 34, were blasted in the chest at their Prospect-Lefferts Gardens apartment building at Clarkson and Nostrand Aves.
The older man was in critical condition.
Two men were wounded in the lobby of a Prospect-Lefferts Gardens building
Four more people were shot within the next few hours, police said. All were in stable condition.
A 22-year-old man was shot in the leg and shoulder on Simpson St. in the Bronx around 1:15 a.m.
Nearby cops arrested two men at the scene, officials said.
A 27-year-old man was shot in the leg near Merrick Blvd. and 109th Ave. in Jamaica, Queens, shortly after 2 a.m.
Another 27-year-old man was shot in the knee at 10th St. and 40th Ave. in Long Island City around 2:30 a.m.
A 22-year-old man was blasted in the midsection standing outside the Hudson River Cafe at W. 133rd St. and 12th Ave. in Harlem around 3:45 a.m. Four men were taken into police custody.
Then at about 2:15 p.m., a man was shot in the leg on Lexington Ave. in Brooklyn, officials said.
Police investigate a double shooting in Brooklyn early Saturday
