New York Post

1 killed, 4 woundedd by weekend gunfiree

- Tina Moore

The snow couldn’t keep bullets from flying in the city over the weekend.

A 22-year-old man was fatally shot on Staten Island, and four other people — including a 16-year-old — were wounded by gunfire, all in separate incidents, cops said Sunday.

The slain man was at the intersecti­on of Cebra Avenue and Victory Boulevard in Tompkinsvi­lle at around 5 p.m. Saturday when he was approached by a gunman who shot him in the head, the back and the left arm.

The victim was taken to Richmond University Medical Center and died at around 8:30 p.m., according to police.

A few hours later, in Brooklyn, a 16-year-old boy was walking past 987 Myrtle Ave. at around 11:30 p.m. when he heard shots and was struck once in the right leg by a bullet, cops said.

He was taken to Bellevue Hospital and is expected to sur-survive. The teen told cops ps he didn’t know the personon whowho shot him.

Then at 1:30 a.m. Sunday about a mile away, a 31-year-yearold man was shot twice ice after leaving a party in East st Willi Williamsbu­rg.

He was hit in the left arm and left knee, and was in stable condition at Kings County Hospital.

At 4 a.m., an 18-year-old walked into Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx and said he had been sitting in a double-parked vehicle in the Wakefield section when he was shot in his left shoulder, police said.

Then, at 5:16 a.m., a 36-yearold man walked into Richmond University Medical Center on Staten Island with a gunshot wound to his left hand.

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