14-year-old boy among 3 shot in NYC on Saturday

A 33-year-old man was shot in entrance of 2999 Frederick Douglas Blvd in Washington Heights.
Seth Gottfried

A 14-year-old boy was shot whereas ready for a bus in Queens, one in every of three victims in separate shootings reported throughout the town, police mentioned.

The teen was shot within the left ankle whereas ready for a bus at Seashore thirty first Road and Seagirt Boulevard in Far Rockaway shortly after 1:30 p.m. Saturday, cops mentioned.

Police didn't know if the youth was the supposed goal. Cops recovered six spent shells on the scene, authorities mentioned.

The suspect or suspects have been driving in a white Toyota Camry when the gunfire erupted, police mentioned.

An NYPD officer investigates the scene of a capturing on 2999 Frederick Douglas Blvd in Washington Heights.

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An NYPD officer installs tape across the scene of a capturing in Washington Heights.

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A 33-year-old man stays in vital situation after being shot within the stomach.

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Benjamin Jimenez, 10, who lives within the close by Seaview Towers, mentioned he was on his sofa watching TikTok when he heard what appeared like 5 gunshots. 

The capturing spooked him and his associates, Benjamin mentioned. 

“That might’ve been one in every of us,” the boy mentioned. “One among us might’ve received shot.” 

A 44-year-old man was shot on the 300 block of East 102nd Road in East Harlem.

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One other resident additionally heard the photographs. 

“I used to be upstairs in my home, heard gunshots it appeared like 15 of them and it appeared like fireworks,” he mentioned. “Loads of detectives have been over there once I got here downstairs, at round 4 or 5 [in the afternoon].” 

Violence within the space and the Rockaway peninsula is “getting worse, level clean,” he added.

Footage reveals an ambulance arriving on the scene of a capturing in East Harlem.

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Earlier, two males have been harm in separate shootings in Manhattan, police mentioned. A 33-year-old man was shot as soon as within the stomach in entrance of 2999 Frederick Douglass Blvd. in Washington Heights at about 3:15 a.m. Saturday. The sufferer, who advised police he heard photographs and felt ache, was taken to Harlem Hospital in vital situation, authorities mentioned.

Blood was additionally spilled in East Harlem at 2:50 a.m., when a 44-year-old man was shot in the proper shoulder on the 300 block of East 102nd Road, between 1st and 2nd avenues, in East Harlem, cops mentioned.

The injured man was taken to Cornell Hospital with a graze wound, police mentioned.