Two people were killed and three others hurt in a spate of shootings across the Big Apple overnight, police said.
In Queens, a 39-year-old woman and 33-year-old man were found shot to death at around 2:45 a.m. Saturday, in what cops believe was a murder-suicide, the NYPD said.
Officers responding to a 911 call about shots being fired inside a four-family townhouse at 73-22 69th Place in Glendale found the two victims shot in the head in the second-floor living room, police said.
Cops recovered a firearm found near the body of the dead man.
The investigation “remains ongoing,” the NYPD said.
“There doesn’t appear to be any other individuals involved, A witness heard arguing, gunshots. They both lived there,” a police source said, adding that they were apparently a boyfriend and girlfriend.
A neighbor, Rose, could not hold back tears as she described the couple as “very nice people. The woman would say hello,” she said.
Another neighbor who heard the gunshots said police and first responders arrived quickly.
“It’s a quiet neighborhood but you don’t know what goes on behind closed doors,” they said.
The bloodshed in Queens continued an hour later when a 41-year-old man was shot in the leg during an argument with another man outside Sugardaddy’s Gentlemen’s Club on 27th Street and 51st Avenue in Long Island City, cops said.
EMS took the victim to New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Queens, in stable condition.
A 41-year-old man was shot in the leg early Saturday during an argument with another man outside Sugardaddy’s Gentlemen’s Club on 27th Street and 51st Avenue in Long Island City, cops said. Seth Gottfried
The 41-year-old victim is suspected to survive the shooting outside of Sugardaddy’s Gentlemen’s Club. Seth Gottfried
Police said the shooting outside the strip club occurred around 3:45 a.m. Saturday. Seth GottfriedThe gunman drove off.
There were no arrests.
Also in Queens, an unidentified man was shot in the left shoulder at 77th Street and Broadway under unknown circumstances around 11 p.m. Friday, police said.
The victim was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in stable condition. No one was arrested.
Police investigate the crime scene at the Queens nightclub. Seth Gottfried
There were no arrests made in the Queens shooting outside of Sugardaddy’s. Seth GottfriedIn Brooklyn, a 31-year-old man is in critical condition he was shot inside a home on Fulton Street, near Eastern Parkway, at around 10:50 p.m. Friday, police said.
The victim was rushed to Brookdale Hospital and is not expected to survive, authorities said.
The NYPD is investigating whether the 31-year-old was playing Russian Roulette with one or two other men, a police source said, adding cops did not recover a firearm at the scene.
