Teen girl shot in face, 2 men killed as bullets fly in NYC: cops
Bullets flew in the Big Apple between Saturday evening and Sunday with a minimum of eight shootings in the Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn that left two men lifeless — and a 17-year-old girl shot in the face, in response to the NYPD.
An 18-year-old man was shot twice in the top and killed round 11 p.m. Saturday on Avenue W and Batchelder Street in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. He was rushed to Coney Island Hospital however didn’t survive, cops stated.
Just a few hours later, a 32-year-old man was shot in the torso round 3 a.m. Sunday at 23 New Lots Avenue additionally in Brooklyn, police stated. He was taken to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center the place he was pronounced lifeless.
There had been no speedy arrests in both shootings and the identities of the victims was pending household notification.
Meanwhile, a 17-year-old girl was shot in the face at a Bronx celebration round 1 a.m., cops stated.
The girl was at 500 Trinity Avenue when an individual fired into the gang. The bullet went in by way of her proper temple and got here out her left nostril, cops stated.
She was taken to Lincoln Hospital in steady situation, cops stated. There had been no speedy arrests.
“She’s lucky,” a police supply stated. “That could have been a lot worse.”
The evening’s gunfire began round 5 p.m. at 2829 Central Avenue in the Bronx when a 37-year-old man was shot throughout a theft.
The gunman took the sufferer’s jewellery after which shot him twice in the proper leg, cops stated. There was no speedy arrest.
Other shootings in the Bronx included a 20-year-old who was shot in the proper leg round 10 p.m. at East 188th Street and Marion Avenue and a 31-year-old who was shot in the left arm by an unknown shooter round 11:20 p.m. at East 194th Street and Marion Avenue, cops stated.
A 32-year-old man was shot in the left leg simply earlier than 11 p.m. at 1773 Vyse Avenue, additionally in the Bronx. He was anticipated to outlive however was uncooperative, cops stated.
A person shot himself in the subway system in Harlem, cops stated.
The man was discovered with a gunshot wound on the No. 2 and three subway line at 116th Street and Lenox Avenue round 3 a.m., cops stated. Police discovered a gun and decided that the person shot himself. He was in steady situation.
