BRONX BULLETS: Citi Bike gunmen shoot two in NYC in overnight mayhem
A man, 32, was blasted in the torso at East 146th Street and Brook Avenue by two males on one Citi Bike, cops said.
About 15 minutes later, a woman, 35, was shot in the leg when gunfire rang out near Westchester Aveue and Third Avenue in Mott Haven around 9:20 p.m., cops said. Police were looking for two males riding separate Citi Bikes in that incident, according to cops.
4 A man was shot on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard at W. 146th Street in Harlem Saturday.
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It wasn't immediately clear if the two incidents were related or if the victims were intended targets, police said. Both were taken to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition.
Investigators were out at the scenes canvassing for video, cops said.
Later, a man was shot at West 146th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in Harlem around 1:30 a.m., cops said.
When police arrived at the scene, they were told the victim, 41, had already left. They found him at Harlem Hospital with a gunshot wound to the stomach, police said.
4 A man was shot by two gunmen on a Citi Bike in front on East 146 Street in the Bronx Friday night, cops said.
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4 A woman was struck in the leg by a bullet fired from a Citi Bike on Westchester Avenue in the Bronx, cops said.
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4 The woman was shot in the leg shortly afer a man was blasted by someone on a Citi Bike, cops said.
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The victim was in stable condition early Saturday. The motive was unknown.
Nearly three hours later, a man was shot once in the back around 4 a.m. at Steinway Street and Astoria Boulevard in Astoria, Queens, police said. The 25-year-old was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in stable condition.
The number of shooting incidents is down from 217 to 178 so far this year, when compared to the same period last year and shooting victims decreased from 256 to 209, an 18% drop, according to NYPD data.
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