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7 shot in 4-hour Thanksgiving Eve burst of violence across 3 NYC boroughs: cops



Seven people in the Big Apple were shot in a bloody four-hour Thanksgiving Eve span across three boroughs, cops said.

The burst of violence began around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, when two teens were shot at Fulton and Jay streets in downtown Brooklyn, police said. 

An 18-year-old man was blasted in the left leg and grazed in the left elbow, while an 18-year-old woman took a bullet to the right leg, authorities said. 

Two 18-year-old victims were shot Wednesday evening at Fulton and Jay streets in downtown Brooklyn, police said. Robert Mecea
The teens were two of seven victims wounded in a four-hour string of Thanksgiving Eve shootings across the Big Apple, cops said. Robert Mecea

Both were taken to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where they were listed in stable condition, cops said. 

The mayhem continued around 9:40 p.m., when two men, 22 and 23, were shot on Ryer Avenue near the Grand Concourse in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx, police said. 

The older man was hit in the left foot, while the younger victim was struck in the right thigh, authorities said. 

All of the victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries, cops said. Robert Mecea

Both were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where they were considered stable, cops said. 

Then, around 11:15 p.m., a 24-year-old man was grazed in the head by two masked suspects in Queens, police said. 

The victim was injured when at least one of the perps opened fire on 30th Drive near Vernon Boulevard in Astoria, police said. 

Two men, 22 and 23, were shot on Ryer Avenue near the Grand Concourse around 9:40 p.m., cops said. Google Maps

He was taken by private means to Mount Sinai Queens, where he was listed in stable condition, cops said. 

The disguised suspects took off in a black Jeep, authorities said. 

A few minutes later, two more people were shot when gunfire erupted inside a Bronx deli, cops said. 

A 24-year-old man was grazed in the head by two masked suspects on 30th Drive near Vernon Boulevard in Astoria, police said. Google Maps
A 22-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were shot and wounded inside the Yaya Deli Grocery in Melrose, police said. Google Maps

A 22-year-old man was shot in the shoulder and a 25-year-old woman struck in the torso inside the Yaya Deli Grocery on Melrose Avenue near East 160th Street in Melrose around 11:20 p.m., police said. 

Both victims were taken to Lincoln Medical Center, also in stable condition, cops said.

No arrests have been made in any of the shootings, and the motives remain under investigation.

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