3 murders, one bloody night

Two fatal shootings and the stabbing murder of a Harlem woman kicked off a bloody weekend across the city aspolice begin to gain ground on a war to curb gun violence, NYPD officials said Saturday.

The weekend’s violence began at 8:15 p.m. Friday when an a gunman fatally shot a 25-year-old man at point blank range during a clash in Brooklyn, police and witnesses said.

Isaiah Bowman was steps from his home at the Breukelen Houses, a public housing complex on East 108th Street near Glenwood Road in Canarsie when the suspect stormed up and opened fire, witnesses said.

“He walked up and shot him in the chest,” said one neighbor. “He was face up when I got to him. He wasn’t moving.”

EMS rushed Bowman to Brookdale University Medical Center, where he died.

Two hours later in Washington Heights, police were called to the West 144th Street home of breast cancer survivor Lanilda Nuez, 79, and found her bleeding out in her bedroom.

Nuez was repeatedly stabbed in her chest and torso, police said. Two blood-stained knives were found near her body.

EMS rushed her to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, where she died.

Her estranged 68-yearold husband was in the apartment and taken into custody.

No charges were immediately filed.

Friends and relatives remembered Nuez, who they called “Nina.”

“She was funny. She used to curse everyone out,” grief-stricken granddaughter Chanill Arashiro said. “She was spicy. That’s what everyone loved.”

“Everybody here considered her their grandmother,” Arashiro said, breaking down in tears. “She always had a room available if someone had nowhere to go.”

Investigators believe Nuez’s husband attacked her during a fight.

The two were separated but still lived together.

The bloodshed continued at 3:30 a.m. in the Bronx when a 21-year-old man was gunned down outside a park down the block from his home.

Police responding outside Walter Gladwin Park at the corner of Arthur Avenue and East 175th Street 3:30 a.m. found victim Delijah Farmer sprawled on the ground, shot in the chest.

EMS rushed him to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he died.

Police were scouring the area Saturday looking for surveillance footage that could help them identify the shooter.

Despite the bloodshed, the NYPD said they’ve seen a marked drop in shootings and homicides this year.

As of Friday, police had investigated 183 homicides, 20 less than the 203 reported last year, or a 10 percent decrease.