6 more hit in wave of gun violence

A stunning string of drive-by shootings in Brooklyn left a halfdozen victims bloodied within minutes Monday, including a woman who was fighting for her life after getting hit with four bullets in the chest, police sources said.

Most of the gunfire happened around the Bayview Houses on Rockaway Parkway in Canarsie at about 6:30 p.m., though investigators said the woman was attacked on Remsen Ave. at Avenue M, several blocks away. A white car dropped her off at Brookdale University Hospital, where she was in critical condition Monday night.

Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison said the first volley erupted at 6:19 p.m., at 1571 Remsen Ave., where the 23-year-old woman was blasted four times in the chest. At 6:31 p.m., at 2105 Rockaway Parkway, three men — all 19 years old — were hit with gunfire, one struck in the leg, another in the back and the third in the elbow. All three were taken to Brookdale by EMS.

At 6:33 p.m., at Flatlands Fourth St. and E. 108th St., a man and woman on a scooter were targeted, with the man hit once in the back, Harrison said. He also was taken to Brookdale Hospital. Harrison said the woman wasn’t hurt but “might have sustained a couple of injuries from the fall from the scooter.”

“All of these are drive-by shootings,” he said. “We believe that all of our victims were the intended target.”

“At this time nobody is likely to die,” Harrison, said. “The concern that we have with all three of these shooting incidents is there was a white four-door sedan involved in each one.”

“This is not normal,” said a 45-year old woman who’s lived in the neighborhood for 20 years. “Basically, it’s quiet over here, everybody knows each other.”

But 40-year resident Leon Martin was more resigned, conceding “a lot of things happen around here,” though the latest bloodshed, he said, “bothers me.”

“Right now we need the public’s assistance,” Harrison said, urging anyone with information about the latest incidents to contact police.