6 people, including 3 teens, hurt in overnight NYC shootings

Six people — including three teens shot outside a Brooklyn pizzeria — were hurt as gun violence broke out across the Big Apple late Thursday, cops said. 

The teens were leaving Original Pizza on Ralph Avenue near East 64th Street in Old Mill Basin around 10:40 p.m. when a 17-year-old boy was shot in the hip, an 18-year-old was struck in the left foot and a 19-year-old was blasted in the left foot, authorities said. 

The 17- and 19-year-olds went to Mount Sinai Hospital by private means, and the 18-year-old was taken to Brookdale by EMS. 

The motive for the shooting was unclear. 

Just over an hour later, a 27-year-old man was inside a car on Church Avenue near Albany Avenue in East Flatbush when another vehicle pulled up and a rear passenger fired six shots — striking the victim in the left leg, according to cops and police sources. 

Three teens were shout outside of Original Pizza in Brooklyn.
Three teens were shout outside of Original Pizza in Brooklyn.
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A dispute preceded the shooting, according to cops. 

The victim was taken to the Kings County Hospital Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

In Crown Heights, a 42-year-old man was shot in the left arm on Nostrand Avenue near Bergen Street in Crown Heights around 10 p.m., cops said.

He was taken to the same hospital and was also expected to survive, according to police. 

Earlier in the evening in the Woodside section of Queens, a 32-year-old man was shot in the stomach during a road rage incident, cops said. 

The victim was involved in some kind of dispute with the driver of a Nissan Sentra when their two vehicles came to a stop at a traffic light on Queens Boulevard near 65th Place around 7:30 p.m., according to authorities and police sources. 

The argument escalated, and the man got out of his vehicle and punched the other driver through his car window, police said.

The Queens shooting victim was taken to Elmhurst Hospital.
The Queens shooting victim was taken to Elmhurst Hospital.
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The Nissan driver then pulled out a gun and shot the man in the stomach — before speeding off, cops said. 

The victim went to Elmhurst Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. 

The latest violence comes amid a surge in shootings across the Big Apple. So far this year — through Thursday, 823 shootings have been reported with 961 victims, according to NYPD statistics.

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