Five people were injured in a spate of gun violence Monday night in the Bronx and Brooklyn, police said.
The bloodshed began when gunfire erupted on Nostrand Ave. near Rutland Ave. in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, wounding two teenagers — one 16, the other 18 — and a 26-year-old man, police said.
Responding officers found that the 18-year-old and the 26-year-old had both been shot in the abdomen. The younger victim was hit in the shoulder and back, police said.
Medics rushed the 18-year-old to SUNY Downstate Medical Center, where he was in stable condition. The other victims were rushed to NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, also in stable condition, cops said.
No arrests have been made.
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Police investigate East 165th Street at 3rd Ave in the Bronx after two people were shot Monday night. (Sam Costanza for the New York Daily News)
The chaos continued hours later in the Bronx, where two women – aged 28 and 29 – were injured in a drive-by shooting at 7:30 p.m. on East 165th Street near Third Avenue in Morrisania, cops and law enforcement sources said.
Officers found the older victim had been shot in the left thigh. The younger woman was hit once in the right leg and once in the right arm, police said.
Medics transported the couple to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln; both were in stable condition.
Two people were taken into custody at the scene, but no charges were immediately filed.
Investigators believe the victims in both shootings were targeted, police sources said.
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