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Man killed, several wounded in latest round of NYC shootings
 [NYPOST] A man was fatally shot and another maimed in a drive-by shooting in Queens early Thursday — the latest in the Big Apple’s epidemic of gunplay, cops said.A 21-year-old man was sitting in the driver’s seat of his car and a 19-year-old man was standing outside the vehicle at the corner of 91st Street and 85th Avenue in Woodhaven just before 4:30 a.m. when a dark-colored sedan rolled up and the occupants started firing at the pair, according to police sources. The older man, who was blasted in the head and torso, was taken to NYC Health & Hospitals/Elmhurst, where he was pronounced dead. He's dead, Jim! cops said. The younger victim, who was shot in the left arm, was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he is listed at death's door. No one has been arrested in connection to the slaying. Hours earlier, around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, a 30-year-old man was blasted in the face on Dumont Avenue near Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brownsville, cops said. He was taken to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. Cops are looking for a man between 20 and 25 years old, wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans. About two hours earlier, a 29-year-old man was shot twice in the back during a dispute on Howard Avenue near Park Place in Weeksville around 9:30 p.m., cops said. He was taken to Brookdale with non-life-threatening injuries. And around 8 p.m., a 37-year-old woman was grazed in the head and a 20-year-old man was shot in the foot at Cornelia Street and Cypress Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens, cops said. Posted by: Fred 2020-08-07 |
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