New York Post

Overnight shootings leave 5 wounded

- Amanda Woods and Joe Marino

Five people were shot in upper Manhattan and The Bronx late Monday, cops said.

A man was shot in the left arm on Madison Avenue near East 135th Street in East Harlem, on the grounds of NYCHA’s Lincoln Houses, at around 6:20 p.m., cops said.

He was standing in front of a building when a man shot him in the left arm. The victim was taken to Harlem Hospital with non-lifethreat­ening injuries, police said. The suspect fled on a bike. Meanwhile, in The Bronx just after 9:30 p.m., two men were shot by a drive-by gunman just off a basketball court on Courtlandt Avenue near East 158th Street on the grounds of NYCHA’s Jackson Houses in Melrose, cops and police sources said.

One victim, a 43-year-old man, was grazed in the head, while the other, 28, was clipped in the right shoulder.

Both were taken to Lincoln Medical Center with non-lifethreat­ening injuries.

The gunman took off in a red vehicle, possibly a Honda CRV, north on Courtlandt, authoritie­s said.

A few hours later, just before 11 p.m., a 28-year-old man was shot in the back and left hand on Westcheste­r Avenue near Olmstead Avenue in the Parkcheste­r section of the borough, cops said.

He reported hearing shots and then feeling pain, and was taken to Jacobi Medical Center with nonlife-threatenin­g injuries.

About five blocks away, a 27year-old man walked into Westcheste­r Square Medical Center with a wound to the right shoulder, authoritie­s said.

Police say he was shot at at Raymond Avenue and Odell Street in the Parkcheste­r section.

Two men took off in a light-colored Toyota after the incident, authoritie­s said.

The Parkcheste­r shootings appeared to be connected, police said.

It’s unclear whether the victims are known to each other.

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