Bloody 15 Hours in NYC Leaves 2 Dead, at Least 9 Others Wounded Across City: Cops

A handful of shootings across the Big Apple left nearly a dozen victims hurt — two would ultimately perish from their injuries — during a particularly violent 15-hour stretch to start the weekend.

Authorities say the bloodshed started around 2:30 p.m. Friday in the Bronx, where four men were shot near Tremont Avenue and Hughes Avenue in the Tremont neighborhood. Police said one of the men, a 24-year-old shot in the chest, died and another was in critical condition. The two others were expected to recover.

A witness to the shooting, an employee at a Popeyes near the scene, said he heard an argument unfold moments before the sound of gunfire. Security camera footage shows a man stand at the corner of a building and fire a handgun.

An employee working at the time described the moments one of the shooting victims ran inside.

“Another one came to the store and said I’m shot, and police came and took him down to the hospital I guess,” the worker said.

Officers responded to Coney Island, near Mermaid Avenue and 33rd Street, around 5 p.m. for reports of shots fired.

Less than three hours later, another group of four men was targeted — this time in a Brooklyn drive-by shooting. Officers responded to Coney Island, near Mermaid Avenue and 33rd Street, around 5 p.m. for reports of shots fired.

Three men were shot in the leg, while a 17-year-old was shot in the chest. All were expected to survive, police said. A maroon Dodge Caravan minivan pulled up and fired shots at the group, according to police.

Rashawn Thompson said his younger brother is in the hospital after taking one of the bullets in front of the mini-mart off Mermaid Avenue.

“He called me, he said ‘Yo, I’m good,'” Thompson said.

Friday’s violence did not end after the back-to-back quadruple shootings.

Two men were wanted by police for allegedly shooting a bodega customer during an armed robbery in Brooklyn. Police said the incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. along Myrtle Avenue in Clinton Hill. The men, police said, got away with roughly $4,600 from the store.

And in Queens, police said a man was shot in his thigh inside a car in Astoria around 2:30 a.m.

A second man died after more gunfire in the Bronx. Police responded in Parkchester to a scene on White Plains Road where they said a 27-year-old was shot dead outside a car. The shooter was reportedly in a green minivan.