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A man was shot in the face and another in the shoulder outside a Queens banquet hall – two of at least six people struck by bullets in a slew of citywide shootings overnight, authorities said.

One man died in The Bronx from the bloodshed.

The two Queens victims were blasted in the doorway of the Starz Banquet Hall on Merrick Boulevard near 231st Street in Laurelton during a heated fight around 5 a.m. Monday, cops said.

A 25-year-old man was shot in the face and a 34-year-old man struck in the shoulder, police said.

The younger man was taken to Jamaica University Hospital Medical Center, and the older victim went to Mount Sinai South Nassau, both in stable condition, authorities said.

They were not known to each other, police said.


  Police officers stand outside of Starz Banquet Hall in Laurelton, where one man was shot in the face and another in the shoulder early Monday. G.N.Miller/NYPost Police officers stand outside of Starz Banquet Hall in Laurelton, where one man was shot in the face and another in the shoulder early Monday. G.N.Miller/NYPost

  Shots rang out in the doorway of the banquet hall during a fight, police said. G.N.Miller/NYPost Shots rang out in the doorway of the banquet hall during a fight, police said. G.N.Miller/NYPost

Hours earlier, around 8 p.m. Sunday, a 20-year-old man was blasted in the leg and a 32-year-old guy in the arm on Beach Channel Drive near Beach 81st Street in Far Rockaway, Queens, cops said.

The younger man was taken to Jamaica and the older man to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, both in stable condition, police said.

The motive for the gunplay was not immediately known.


  Two men were hurt when gunfire broke out around 8 p.m. Sunday at Beach Channel Drive near Beach 81st Street in Far Rockaway. Citizen Two men were hurt when gunfire broke out around 8 p.m. Sunday at Beach Channel Drive near Beach 81st Street in Far Rockaway. Citizen

Nine shell casings were recovered at the scene.

Earlier in the evening, around 6:15 p.m., Jayden Goodridge, 21, was shot in the stomach and another man, also 21, was grazed in the lower lip at East 149th Street and Jackson Avenue in the Mott Haven section of The Bronx.

Goodridge was taken to Lincoln Medical Center, where he died of his injuries Monday, cops said.


  One man was shot and another guy grazed at East 149th Street and Jackson Avenue in Mott Haven on Sunday evening. Citizen One man was shot and another guy grazed at East 149th Street and Jackson Avenue in Mott Haven on Sunday evening. Citizen

The other man refused medical attention for his graze wound.

The suspect fled on a moped, and police found 10 shell casings at the scene.

No arrests have been made in any of the cases.

Police had no details on the motive for the shooting.

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