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“I rolled out of my bed and hit the floor,” a second-floor resident told The Post. “Sounded like six or seven gunshots. I heard a guy yelling, ‘Mother f–ker! Mother f—ker!’
“In the last six months, this happened four times,” the resident said. “I blame the Housing Authority. They keep putting people in here with all these drug problems and stuff. They shouldn’t be putting these people here.”
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Locals said an argument had broken out among a large group of people gathered at the entrance to the complex before the gunman opened fire.
Police said one victim, who has at least four prior arrests, was shot in the face and back.
All three victims are expected to survive, police said. The shooter remains on the lam.
A 40-year-old man was hit in the groin, and the third was shot in the buttocks.
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One woman was seen collapsing and had to be helped to her feet by bystanders and police.
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“They all live here and these apartments, where one person has five rooms and he rents out to other people a room,” Manny said. “They’re all here, and they sell drugs. Right now, there are six apartments selling drugs in my building.
“I’ve lived here 57 years, and I’ll tell you this this is the worst place to live.”
* Original Article:
https://nypost.com/2025/08/31/us-news/nyc-gunman-on-loose-after-wounding-3-at-housing-complex/
