SLAIN NEAR HOME

Gunman plugs 62-year-old out walking dogs

A 62-year-old man was fatally shot walking his dogs outside his Brooklyn home Monday morning, cops said.

Michael Scully was struck in the head and shoulders on 74th St. near Seventh Ave., a quiet residential block in Bay Ridge, about 6:50 a.m., police said. He was the proud owner of five cocker spaniels, friends said.

“I don’t know who would do this,” said longtime friend William Mendez, 55. “I don’t believe he had any enemies. Everybody loved Mike.”

Cops said Scully had an argument with his killer after leaving his home to walk his dogs.

His adversary whipped out a gun, shot Scully and ran off. The gunman remains on the loose.

Scully staggered to the front of his home, where he collapsed.p Medics rushed him to NYU Langone HospitalBrooklyn, but he couldn’t be saved.

“He loved Brooklyn,” Mendez said. “You needed help, he was there for you. He was just the best.”

Scully was known for his generosity, including lending money to his friends without expecting interest.

He worked for years for a technology company and had an entrepreneurial spirit. He boughtg and sold clothingg and perfumes on the side, keeping a list of all the different colognes he had in stock, friends said.

Scully loved going to clubs and always brought friends along.

“He loved to dance. Salsa — oh my God, are you kidding me? That was his favorite thing,” Mendez said.

Scully’s brother lived upstairs from him in the twofamily home they shared. The brother tearfully hugged their sister outside the home hours after the shooting. They were too distraught to talk with a rreporter.

Scully liked to bring his dogs to church, said another loongtime friend, Wally Larson, 660.

About t wo years ago, Scully’s girlfriend died. The looss broke Scully’s heart, acccording to David Martinez, 56, who was friends with the victim for 40 years.

Her funeral was one of just tthree occasions that Martinez ssaw Scully cry. He also cried at funerals for his mother and father.

He loved to bring his mother dancing when she was alive. “He brought his mother everywhere,” Martinez said.

But Scully was also tough as nails. “I saw Michael once in action — I tell you right now, he’s no joke,” Martinez said.

“He didn’t deserve this,” he added. “This is executionstyle.”

Finest at scene Monday in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, after Michael Scully (above) was killed. Cops said Scully had had argument with gunman. Below, one of Scully’s pooches.