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18 people shot, 3 fatally during bloody night in NYC: cops

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Published Aug. 1, 2021
Updated Aug. 2, 2021, 12:30 p.m. ET

Three people were shot dead and 15 others wounded in a wild night of gunplay in the Big Apple — including a mass shooting outside a Queens laundromat that left at least 10 people injured, police and sources said.

Police sources said the shootout in Corona came after a group of men pulled up outside the Audubon Avenue laundromat in Corona on mopeds around 11:10 p.m. and started shooting — with the second group returning fire.

Ten people, including seven bystanders and three reputed gang members, were shot in the gunfight, sources said.

Among the injured bystanders were a 42-year-old woman who suffered a gunshot wound to her left arm and a 58-year-old woman who was hit in her stomach. A 78-year-old man was struck in his torso and hand, sources said.

Police at the scene where seven people were shot on 37th Avenue at 99th Street in the Corona section of Queens, NY around 10:30 p.m. on July 31, 2021.
Police at the scene where seven people were shot on 37th Avenue at 99th Street in the Corona section of Queens, NY around 10:30 p.m. on July 31, 2021.Christopher Sadowski

Other shootings overnight left three dead, including a man blasted in the chest by a gunman in a black four-door sedan in Crown Heights around 4:50 a.m. The man was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he later died.

The scene where a male was shot in his torso while sitting in his car on Ralph Ave and E 79th Street early morning on August 1, 2021.
The scene where a male was shot in his torso while sitting in his car on Ralph Ave and E 79th Street early morning on August 1, 2021. Seth Gottfried

At 4:30 a.m., another victim was shot multiple times outside a Dunkin’ in Canarsie by two gunmen who fled the scene. The 32-year-old victim was pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital.

Earlier Sunday morning, a 28-year-old man was shot six times in the back in the Bronx around 3:15 a.m., police sources said. The shooter fled the scene and the victim was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced dead less than four hours later.

On August 1, 2021 around 2:25AM, a male was shot in the abdomen at the Banc Cafe located at 431 3rd Avenue at E 30th Street.
On August 1, 2021, around 2:25 a.m., a male was shot in the abdomen at the Banc Cafe located at 431 3rd Avenue at E 30th Street. Seth Gottfried
Police gather at the scene of the shooting near the Banc Cafe.
Police gather at the scene of the shooting near the Banc Cafe. Seth Gottfried

In the other shootings late Saturday into early Sunday, a 55-year-old man was blasted in the right ankle at 172-02 Linden Boulevard in St. Albans, Queens, the sources said. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital and is expected to survive.

In Manhattan, another man said he was approached by a gunman who demanded he hand over cash, the sources said. At 2:15 a.m. at East 30th Street and 3rdAvenue in Kips Bay, the gun-wielding thief snatched the 35-year-old victim’s chain and watch before shooting him in the left thigh. The man told cops his Piguet Royal Oak watch and diamond gold necklace were worth about $65,000, police sources said. The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital and is expected to survive.

Police investigating the scene of the mass shooting in Queens.
Police investigating the scene of the mass shooting in Queens. Christopher Sadowski
Two males and a female were shot in the vicinity of 336 Audubon Avenue on the night of July 31, 2021.
Two males and a female were shot in the vicinity of 336 Audubon Avenue on the night of July 31, 2021. Seth Gottfried

Two other city gunshot victims were taken to Harlem Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the sources said.