Bullets flew across New York City late Saturday and early Sunday, as vicious gunfire left two men dead and 15 people injured in Brooklyn, Queens and Harlem. Anthony McRae, 22, was gunned down about 4:45 a.m. Sunday in front of the Hamzah Deli and Grocery on Rockaway Ave. Hit the jump to read the rest of the rest of the story.
Bullets flew across New York City late Saturday and early Sunday, as vicious gunfire left two men dead and 15 people injured in Brooklyn, Queens and Harlem.
Seven separate shootings bloodied Brooklyn alone, including fatal fights in Brownsville and East New York, where a 22-year-old Queens father died.
Anthony McRae, 22, was gunned down about 4:45 a.m. Sunday in front of the Hamzah Deli and Grocery on Rockaway Ave., police said.
He was shot at least four times and cops are reviewing deli surveillance tapes, but do not have any suspects in custody yet.
McRea lived in Far Rockaway and worked two jobs at AT&T and Foot Locker to support his 2-year-old son, Carter, family said.
Steps away from his limp body and a half dozen bullet shell casings spread across the street, McRae’s mother wailed, overcome with grief.
His grandmother, who identified herself as Ms. Smith, 73, said McRae was a good man.
“He was hard working, he worked to take care of his son,” Smith said.
McRae’s aunt, Vivian Presley, 51, said McRea came from work to the area where he grew up to visit friends.
Around midnight, three young teens were also shot in Marine Park, Brooklyn during a spat over a 16-year-old’s bike. Three people were injured, one critically.
Less than half an hour later, a shooting at a Prospect-Lefferts Gardens house party left five people wounded. Two men who were denied entrance to the gathering, unloaded about 12:15 a.m. into the crowd of revelers gathered outside 349 Fenimore Street, an eye witness said.
In Brownsville, a 45-year-old man was shot multiple times and died near his home late Saturday night.
Jerry Armstrong, 45, was found with several gun shot wounds on 95th Street about 11 p.m. Saturday.
Two additional shootings left two men wounded in Brooklyn, as did a pair of shootings in Queens. One person was also wounded in Harlem.
