Two people were killed — including an innocent bystander in Crown Heights and the driver of a 2021 Mercedes in Long Island City — during a spate of overnight shootings in the Big Apple.
At least four other people were wounded in the bloodshed.
A 54-year-old woman, who police sources said was believed to be an unintended target, was blasted in the chest on a sidewalk on St. Johns Place near Rochester Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.
She was taken to the Kings County Hospital Center, where she was pronounced dead.
A 30-year-old man, shot in the arm during the same incident, was taken to KCH in stable condition, police said, adding that the wounded guy was not cooperating.
Witnesses saw a man fleeing on foot after the shooting, according to police sources, who said eight shell casings were recovered on the scene.
The fatal victim’s name has not been released pending family notification.
Less than three hours later, Joseph Bryan, 50, was fatally shot about six times in the arm and torso as he sat in his brand-new Mercedes on Orchard Street near Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens, according to cops and police sources.
Surveillance footage obtained by investigators shows a dark-colored Mazda dropping off the shooter on Jackson Avenue, the sources said.
He then fired about seven shots into the driver’s side of Bryan’s car before fleeing in the Mazda, according to the sources.
Bryan was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan.
Also Thursday night, a 39-year-old man was shot once in the buttocks on Saratoga Avenue near Hancock Street in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, authorities said.
He was taken to the Kings County Hospital Center in stable condition.
Minutes before midnight, a 29-year-old man was shot once in the left leg on Beekman Avenue near East 141st Street in Mott Haven in The Bronx, police said.
The shots rang out during a fight involving a large group, police sources said.
He was taken to Lincoln Medical Center in stable condition.
And around 1:30 a.m. Friday, a man was shot once in the back on Gerard Avenue near East 162nd Street in the Concourse section of The Bronx, cops said.
He was taken to Lincoln Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.