Three innocent bystanders were struck when gunfire erupted outside a Washington Heights bodega over the weekend, according to cops and startling new video.
The bullets rang out moments after three men followed a fourth into the Marte Grocery on Audubon Avenue near West 183rd Street around 11:10 p.m. Saturday, cops said.
The fourth man ran behind the counter and is shown on surveillance video released Sunday night holding a gun, with his back to a worker.
A short time later, the group of men exchanged gunfire outside, striking a 42-year-old woman in the left arm, a 58-year-old woman in the buttocks and a 78-year-old man in the left arm and stomach, police said.
None were involved in the confrontation, which appeared to be drug-related, cops said.
A strugle inside Marte Grocery on Audubon Avenue near West 183rd Street, eventually led to 3 bystanders being shot outside of the bodega, police say. DCPI
All of the shooting victims are in stable condition. DCPIThe video clip shows a group of people at a table outside scattering amid the gunfire.
The youngest victim went to Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and the oldest was taken to Harlem Hospital, all in stable condition.
The suspects were still at large Monday.
