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A 14-year-old boy was shot while waiting for a bus in Queens, one of three victims in separate shootings reported across the city, police said.

The teen was shot in the left ankle while waiting for a bus at Beach 31st Street and Seagirt Boulevard in Far Rockaway shortly after 1:30 p.m. Saturday, cops said.

Police did not know if the youth was the intended target. Cops recovered six spent shells at the scene, authorities said.

The suspect or suspects were riding in a white Toyota Camry when the gunfire erupted, police said.


  An NYPD officer investigates the scene of a shooting on 2999 Frederick Douglas Blvd in Washington Heights. Seth Gottfried An NYPD officer investigates the scene of a shooting on 2999 Frederick Douglas Blvd in Washington Heights. Seth Gottfried

  An NYPD officer installs tape around the scene of a shooting in Washington Heights. Seth Gottfried An NYPD officer installs tape around the scene of a shooting in Washington Heights. Seth Gottfried

  A 33-year-old man remains in critical condition after being shot in the abdomen. Seth Gottfried A 33-year-old man remains in critical condition after being shot in the abdomen. Seth Gottfried

Benjamin Jimenez, 10, who lives in the nearby Seaview Towers, said he was on his couch watching TikTok when he heard what sounded like five gunshots. 

The shooting spooked him and his friends, Benjamin said. 

“That could’ve been one of us,” the boy said. “One of us could’ve got shot.” 


  A 44-year-old man was shot on the 300 block of East 102nd Street in East Harlem. Citizen A 44-year-old man was shot on the 300 block of East 102nd Street in East Harlem. Citizen

Another resident also heard the shots. 

“I was upstairs in my house, heard gunshots it sounded like 15 of them and it sounded like fireworks,” he said. “Plenty of detectives were over there when I came downstairs, at around four or five [in the afternoon].” 

Violence in the area and the Rockaway peninsula is “getting worse, point blank,” he added.


  Footage shows an ambulance arriving at the scene of a shooting in East Harlem. Citizen Footage shows an ambulance arriving at the scene of a shooting in East Harlem. Citizen

Earlier, two men were hurt in separate shootings in Manhattan, police said. A 33-year-old man was shot once in the abdomen in front of 2999 Frederick Douglass Blvd. in Washington Heights at about 3:15 a.m. Saturday. The victim, who told police he heard shots and felt pain, was taken to Harlem Hospital in critical condition, authorities said.

Blood was also spilled in East Harlem at 2:50 a.m., when a 44-year-old man was shot in the right shoulder on the 300 block of East 102nd Street, between 1st and 2nd avenues, in East Harlem, cops said.

The injured man was taken to Cornell Hospital with a graze wound, police said.

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