At least 16 people were hurt in nine shootings that erupted in a bloody span between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning across the Big Apple, police said.
Gunfire broke out in every borough during the 16-hour period — with all of the Wednesday incidents happening in the Bronx, authorities said. The gunplay included two separate shootings in which four people, including innocent bystanders, where shot and wounded.
The most recent shooting erupted around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday on Tiebout Avenue near East 182nd Street in Fordham Heights, cops said.
A 42-year-old man was standing outside when he was slashed in the face and shot in the back by two gunmen who took off on a dark-colored scooter, authorities said.
The victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The motive for the attack was unclear.
Around 6:45 a.m., a man walked into Lincoln Medical Center with a gunshot wound, cops said.
It’s unclear where and when he was shot.
Also in the Bronx, a 31-year-old man was shot during an attempted home invasion robbery inside an apartment on Bruckner Boulevard near Castle Hill Avenue in Unionport just after 6 a.m., according to cops and police sources.
A stranger entered his apartment, displayed a gun and demanded his property, the sources said.
When he refused, he was blasted in the stomach, authorities and sources said.
He was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where he is expected to survive.
Hours earlier, around 2:20 a.m., a man was standing on East 233rd Street near Edenwald Avenue in Wakefield when he was shot in the leg, cops said.
He walked into Montefiore Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, and reported hearing shots and feeling pain, police said.
The circumstances are under investigation.
Four men were hurt when gunshots rang out on West 116th Street near Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem around 11:40 p.m. Tuesday, cops said.
A 28-year-old man took a bullet to the arm, and a 24-year-old man shot in both the right and left legs, were taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition, police said.
A 27-year-old man was shot in the right leg and taken to Mount Sinai Morningside in serious condition, and a 21-year-old man blasted in the right arm went to the same hospital in stable condition, authorities said.
An earlier dice game may have sparked the gunplay, police sources said.
Gunfire also erupted at Pitkin Avenue and Grafton Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn, where a 38-year-old man was struck in the right arm around 7:15 p.m., cops said.
He suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, authorities said.
Police described him as highly uncooperative with investigators.
In Queens, four innocent bystanders – including two teens – were shot inside the London Planetree Playground around 6:20 p.m., cops said.
A 15-year-old girl was shot in the leg and a 16-year-old boy in the back, cops said.
Both were taken to Long Island Jewish Medical Center, where they were expected to survive.
Two men, 20 and 32, were shot in the leg and taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, also in stable condition.
Witnesses told cops that two gunmen wearing all black got out of a Mercedes SUV and fired into the park – in the direction of one of the male victims, though everyone is considered an innocent bystander, sources said.
In Staten Island, a 33-year-old man was shot in the stomach inside an apartment on Daniel Low Terrace in the Fort George neighborhood around 6:15 p.m., cops said.
He was taken to Richmond University Medical Center, where he is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries and is considered uncooperative, police said.
Earlier in the afternoon, an innocent female bystander, 48, was among two people shot when an argument turned violent in Harlem, cops and sources said.
Enta Diaw, a street vendor, took a bullet to her left leg around 3:30 p.m. on West 125th Street near Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., cops and relatives said.
She was rushed to Harlem Hospital and is expected to survive, police said.
The other victim, 20, was shot in the right leg after he and the gunman got into a verbal dispute, police and sources said.
He was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside and also expected to live, police said.
