2 killed & 9 injured in gunplay overnight
At least 11 people were shot — two fatally — in a bloody night in New York City, cops said.
The violence capped a violent weekend that saw 27 people shot between Friday and Sunday, according to the latest NYPD data.
Most recently, a 32-year-old man was shot in the stomach and right leg on the grounds of the Howard Avenue-Park Place Houses in Weeksville, Brooklyn at around 5:40 a.m. Monday, authorities said. He was taken to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center in stable condition.
Up in Inwood, two men were shot as they sat in a 2018 BMW 750 sedan on Dyckman Street near Vermilyea Avenue at around 4:50 a.m., cops said. The 34-year-old man in the driver’s seat was fatally shot in the head; the other man, 33, was shot in the groin and taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition. No arrests have been made.
About 10 minutes earlier, a 22-yearold man was struck in the buttocks on Pitt Street near Stanton Street on the Lower East Side, cops said.
In the Eastchester section of The Bronx at around 3 a.m., a 29-yearold man was shot in the chest and left leg, cops said.
About a half-hour earlier, cops responded to a call at Harlem Hospital, where they found Tamel JacksonBreland, 31, with gunshot wounds to his back, cops said. He was pronounced dead a short time later.
In Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn, a 30-yearold woman was shot in the left leg at around 2 a.m. as she stood on Sands Street near Navy Street, cops said.
Earlier, a 64-year-old man was shot in the back at Beach 17th Street and Seagirt Boulevard in Far Rockaway, Queens, at about 11:15 p.m., cops said.
At around 11 p.m., a 40-year-old man was shot in the arm and torso in St. Albans, Queens, cops said.
Earlier in the evening, a 20-year-old man was grazed in the back of the head while standing at West 207th Street and Seaman Avenue in Inwood at around 8:45 p.m., cops said.
About 15 minutes earlier, a 20year-old man was left with lifethreatening injuries when he was shot in the torso in the Van Nest section of The Bronx, cops said.