Man critically wounded after gunman opens fire on Queens street

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Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Gunman opens fire on Queens street
A man was shot and critically wounded on a Queens street

QUEENS (WABC) -- Police are searching for the man who pulled out a gun and shot another man on a Queens street.

Surveillance video released by police shows the victim throwing some kind of liquid on the gunman moments before he starts shooting.

It happened Monday at about 9:30 p.m. on Kissena Boulevard.

The 46-year-old victim was hit once and taken to the hospital in critical condition.

The gunman is described as a male black in his 30s; last seen wearing a black baseball cap, a red hooded sweater, gray sweatpants and black sneakers.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).