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#9 people shot, 2 fatally in overnight NYC gun violence

#9 people shot, 2 fatally in overnight NYC gun violence

Nine people were shot — two fatally — in eight separate incidents as violence soared overnight in the Big Apple, police said Monday.

Most recently, a 40-year-old man was shot outside a deli at Woodruff and Flatbush avenues in Prospect Lefferts Gardens just after 2 a.m., authorities said. 

The victim was hanging out with a friend in front of the deli when another man approached from the opposite direction and sparked an argument, police sources said. Then he pulled out a gun and started shooting at the pair, the sources said. 

He was shot in his stomach and taken to the Kings County Hospital Center in stable condition.

In a Harlem shooting about a half-hour earlier, a 22-year-old man was in the back seat of a Honda Accord when someone drove up in another vehicle and opened fire, cops said. 

Police officers are seen at scene of shooting on Woodruff Ave. and Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn, Monday, July 19, 2021.
Police officers are seen at scene of shooting on Woodruff Ave. and Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn, Monday, July 19, 2021.
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He was struck in the buttocks and taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition. 

About 10 minutes earlier, a 23-year-old man was shot at Avenue D and Utica Avenue in East Flatbush, cops said. 

He claimed he heard gunshots, began running and realized he was struck, police sources said. 

He was taken to the same hospital in stable condition for a gunshot wound to the thigh. 

Around 11:50 p.m. Sunday, a 52-year-old woman was inside her home on Coombs Street near 141st Avenue in Jamaica, with a group of other people, when a gray Toyota Camry pulled up, according to cops and police sources. 

Police officers investigating a shooting on Woodruff Ave. and Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn.
Police officers investigating a shooting on Woodruff Ave. and Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn.
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Three of the four people inside the car got out and fired into the home, grazing the woman in the arm, police sources said. 

It was not immediately clear whether she was the intended target or whether that home was specifically targeted. 

One of the fatal shootings came around 11 p.m. in Clinton Hill, according to cops.

A 30-year-old man was shot in the back near the corner of Fulton Street and Irving Place, authorities said. 

A police officer points to bullet holes in window of home at 140-53 Coombs St. in Queens where one person was shot.
A police officer points to bullet holes in window of home at 140-53 Coombs St. in Queens where one person was shot.
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He was taken to the Brooklyn Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead, cops said. 

It was not immediately clear what led up to the deadly shooting.

Around 10:30 p.m., a 28-year-old man was shot in the right knee following a dispute inside a building on Hendrix Street near Dumont Avenue in New Lots, Brooklyn, cops said.

The victim was taken to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police officers and residents stand across the street from home at 140-53 Coombs St. where a shooting occurred.
Police officers and residents stand across the street from home at 140-53 Coombs St. where a shooting occurred.
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The suspect, who lives in the building, remains at large. It was unclear whether the victim lived there as well.

In Bushwick, two men, 21 and 25, appeared to have shot each other during a dispute on Irving Avenue near Stanhope Street in Bushwick around 9 p.m., cops said. 

The younger man was shot in the left arm and the older man in the head, police said. 

Both were hospitalized in stable condition and are in custody with charges pending. 

Earlier in the evening, a 25-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting on 137th Street near 32nd Avenue in Flushing around 7:30 p.m., according to cops. 

The victim was struck in the head and arm when an unknown suspect opened fire from a black sedan on 137th Street near 32nd Avenue in Flushing at about 7:30 p.m., police said. 

It was unclear what sparked the violence.

The victim was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

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