Three dead, five hurt in overnight NYC mayhem, cops say
Three people were killed and five others hurt in separate incidents across the city overnight, authorities said.
In the Bronx, a man was fatally shot in the at 4371 Third Avenue, near Bathgate Avenue around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, police said.
The victim, 29, was pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital. There are no arrests.
Police said they recovered a firearm from the victim, who was “pretty well known to the department,” sources said.
At around the same time, a man was shot in the eye outside a mosque on East 139th Street and Morris Avenue, police said.
Cops responding to a 911 call of a man shot found the victim, 29, lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his head. He was pronounced dead at the scene. There are no arrests.
“There’s no nexus to the mosque,” a police spokesman said.
In Brooklyn, also around 4:30 a.m., a 23-year-old man and a 24-year-old were shot in the chest outside 276 Belmont Avenue, near Sutter Avenue in East New York, cops said.
Both men were taken to Brookdale Hospital, police said, adding the 23-year-old is not expected to survive and the 24-year-old was listed in stable condition. There are no arrests.
Less than an hour later, around 5:20 a.m., a dispute inside a Queens deli ended with a man fatally stabbed and his alleged 68-year-old killer under arrest, police said.
The deadly confrontation took place inside 214-57 Jamaica Avenue, Queens Village, cops said. Following the stabbing, the older man went upstairs and barricaded himself inside, authorities said. Emergency Service Unit officers were called in to arrest the suspect “without further incident,” the NYPD said.
The victim, 41, was rushed to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital with a stab wound to the left thigh but did not survive, police said.
Earlier at around 4:20 a.m. in Queens, a man was shot in the leg outside 36th Avenue and Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights, police said. The victim, 21, was taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition, cops said. There are no arrests.
And late Friday, a 20-year-old man was shot in the chest while riding his scooter on Randall’s Island, police said.
The victim was shot in the Icahn Stadium parking lot located beneath the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge at 8:30 p.m. Police believe he was riding the scooter through the area when he was struck by gunfire. He was rushed to Harlem Hospital and is expected to survive.
Less than two hours later, at around 10:10 p.m. Friday, a man was grazed in the back on Southern Boulevard and East 180th Street in the Bronx, cops said.
The male suspect sped off in a white sedan, police said. The victim, 27, was taken to an area hospital, where he is expected to survive, the NYPD said.
