Five people shot outside Bronx graduation party: cops

Five people, including three teens, were wounded in a shooting at a Bronx graduation party early Friday, cops said. 

The violence unfolded minutes before 1 a.m. outside a building on Zerega Avenue near Watson Avenue in Unionport — where the bottom floor was rented out for a graduation party, and three males were denied entry, police said. 

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The violence unfolded minutes before 1 a.m. outside a building on Zerega Avenue near Watson Avenue.
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A short time later, a dark sedan pulled up and someone opened fire from the sunroof, authorities said. 

Five people were hurt, including a 16-year-old boy shot in the chest, a 17-year-old boy shot in the leg, a 19-year-old man shot in the hip, and a 20- and a 21-year-old man both shot in the leg, according to police. 

Police work at the scene where three people were shot in The Bronx.
Police work at the scene where five people were shot in the Bronx.
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They were taken to Jacobi Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, and no arrests had been made by later in the morning.

The graduation party was for a female, cops said. 

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A dark sedan pulled up to the party and someone opened fire from the sunroof.
Christopher Sadowski for NY Post

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