Nabe not shocked by Bx. club shoot horror

Frightened neighbors of an illegal Bronx lounge saw this bullet coming.

A 30-year-old man, shot outside the loud and rowdy Mott Haven operation, was paralyzed by a single blast to his neck — with local residents complaining Thursday about the jam-packed parties that began inside the unlicensed club and spilled into the street about two months ago.

“I knew once those parties started there was going to be troubsle,” said Cory Rose,

47, who lives on the block.

“I knew once the weather broke, the liquor was out, it wasn’t going to end well. If they don’t shut it down it will happen again.”

The 1 a.m. Wednesday shooting happened outside the Timpson Place lounge with its spray-painted mural of a lion’s head on the front door. The victim’s blood remained on the sidewalk a day later, with another neighborhood resident agreeing the violence appeared inevitable.

“There has been an uptick of people who don’t live here congregating in the street,” said the woman, a 15-year neighborhood veteran. “They’ve been having underground parties. I heard the shots ... I was frightened and just hoping nobody was killed.”

Victim Donald Lowe (inset), of the Bronx, was confronted on the street around 1 a.m. by the gunman and a woman near the lounge, cops said. The shooter, wearing a Los Angeles Lakers jacket and a face mask pulled low enough to show most of his face, pulled his weapon and blasted the man, police said.

Both the suspect and the woman fled the scene, with no arrests made. Police released surveillance images of the suspect and the woman, asking for the public’s help in locating the fugitive duo.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.

Another longtime neighborhood resident said the typically low-key block was transformed for the worse once the lounge opened. Dozens of people were partying inside and outside the building when the local man walked outside about two hours before the gunfire.

“This block was one of the quietest blocks you could imagine,” said the man. “But now, because of the lounge, it’s become a hot spot. When I came out, I saw the party going. I said, ‘What an uproar in the middle of the night.’

Lowe was rushed to Lincoln Hospital, where doctors determined he was paralyzed by the late-night shooting. He was raised by a cousin who became a surrogate mother — and her husband was less than shocked by the violent encounter.

“I’m not surprised about him getting shot,” said Chet Thompson, 71. “He’s a rough kid. He’s had numerous assaults and stuff like that. Actually, I thought he was in jail.”

Thompson, who hadn’t seen Lowe in months, wondered about the paralyzed victim’s future: “I don’t know how he’s going to handle that. He hasn’t been getting along with the family, so I don’t know who’s going to take care of him.”