5-boro gunfire leaves 1 dead, five wounded

A WAVE of gun violence across all five boroughs left one man dead and five more wounded Easter Sunday.

In Brooklyn, a gun-toting killer shot Kester Anthony, 23, around the corner from his home on E. 96th St. and Glenwood Road in Canarsie just before 9:30 p.m., police sources said.

The shooter fired, dropping Anthony to the ground, then walked up and pumped a second bullet into him, sources said.

At least one bullet struck the victim’s head, and he died at the scene, cops said. The shooter and three other men then ran off.

Anthony’s mother and brothers gathered as police investigated the area, just feet from where he lay dead, a white sheet over his body.

His mom sobbed uncontrollably, and at one point his distraught girlfriend sat on the street, wailing, “No he’s not! No, he’s not dead!”

Anthony’s relatives said he got into an argument before the shooting.

“If you’re going to fight, then fight, but why shoot him? Why kill him?” said his mother, who didn’t give her name.

“He was coming home. I was home with my grandkids. They were being so loud I didn't hear it happen,” she said.

Anthony’s death was one of five shootings across the city over a roughly five-hour span.

At about 4:50 p.m., a gunman in a gray hooded sweatshirt shot a 26-year-old man in the back in East Harlem, in the Park Deli on E. 110th St. and Park Ave., cops said. The victim is expected to survive the attack, cops said.

In Rosedale, Queens, a 26-yearold man was shot once in the right leg at North Conduit Ave. and Hook Creek Blvd. at about 5 p.m., cops said.

On Staten Island, two men were shot — one in the leg, the second in the stomach — on Broad St. near Gordon St. in Stapleton, at about 9 p.m. Both are expected to survive their wounds.

Finally, at about 9:50 p.m., a 21-year-old man was shot in the buttocks at Walton Ave. and Hawkstone St. in Mount Eden, the Bronx, cops said. His condition was unknown.