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Cambria firing leaves three dead
Updated at: 1835 PST, Wednesday, June 02, 2010
LONDON: Three people were killed and five others were wounded in two unrelated shootings in the Bronx and in Queens early Sunday morning, the police said.
About 2:15 a.m. on 145th Drive near 182nd Street in Queens, one person was killed and five others wounded during a party, the police said.
When officers arrived, they found a man sprawled on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head. The man, Dane Freeman, 20, of Cambria Heights, Queens, was pronounced dead at the scene.
State Senator Malcolm A. Smith visited the neighborhood on Sunday, while the area of the shooting was still cordoned off by yellow police tape. He said he did not know much about the circumstances of the shooting, only that it happened after some disagreement during the party.
Some friends had an argument, said Mr. Smith, who represents the district. Weve got to get the guns off the street. There are too many shootings, and Memorial Day hasnt even come yet.
Among the five others wounded, a 23-year-old man was the most critically injured, suffering a chest wound. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition.
Two women and two other men suffered injuries that the authorities said were not considered life threatening.
One of the women, 21, was shot in both hands, while the other, 22, was struck in the left shoulder. Both were taken to Jamaica Hospital, where they were listed in stable condition.
The injured men, 25 and 21, suffered gunshot wounds to the leg. The older man was taken to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, on Long Island, and the other was taken to Jamaica Hospital. Both men were listed in stable condition, the police said.
About an hour later in the Bronx, the police said two men were shot and killed near East Burnside and Walton Avenues.
One of the men suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the body, the police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A second man, 19, was shot in the neck. He was taken to Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead, the police said. Neither mans identity was immediately available.
By late Sunday morning, the police had made no arrests in either case.
