Violent Weekend: 3 killed in 6 separate shootings across New York City
NEW YORK (WABC) -- It was a violent weekend in New York City with at least six shootings and three people killed across the five boroughs.
On Friday evening there was a shooting outside a smoke shop on the Lower East Side. Police say they have a person of interest in custody.
There was also a deadly shooting in South Jamaica, Queens where a gunman shot and killed a 61-year-old woman inside an apartment. People have a person of interest in custody related to that shooting as well.
On Saturday, two men in their twenties were shot in Fordham Heights - a 25-year-old shot in the chest died. Doctors expect a 23-year-old shot in the stomach to survive.
A two-year-old boy was shot in the hip just before 2 p.m. The bullet that hit him was intended for someone else. Fortunately, doctors expect him to survive.
There were two more shootings on Easter Sunday. Just before 1 a.m. a bullet grazed a 28-year-old man's neck in Cypress Hills.
In the Bronx, a 29-year-old man was shot in the thigh near a deli on East Tremont Avenue. He died shortly after the shooting. Police say they don't know whether the gunman fired from inside the store or on the street.
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