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3 Dead, 24 Wounded In July 4, Overnight Shootings Across NYC

More than two dozen people were shot, three fatally, in incidents of gun violence across New York City on the July 4th holiday and into Tuesday.

The victims were struck in 14 separate shootings, including 13 who were shot after 8 p.m. — 10 of them in just three incidents.

Additionally, six more people were struck by gunfire overnight Monday into Tuesday.

One of those deadly incidents was in Brooklyn, where two men were killed when gunfire rang out inside a bodega.

It happened just after 11:30 p.m. inside Spring Creek Food Mart on Loring Avenue in East New York.

Three men were shot, and a 21-year-old wounded in the head was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 23-year-old was rushed to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the neck. He was pronounced dead upon arrival.

An 18-year-old who was shot in the torso is expected to survive.

One man was taken into custody at the scene, and three guns were found at the scene.

Police say at least 27 people were shot in total, including 62-year-old John Edwards, who was shot in the chest on Prospect Avenue around 10:30 p.m.

He was pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital, while a 23-year-old man shot in the leg is in stable condition.

A third victim in that shooting, a 26-year-old man wounded in the right arm, arrived via private means to St. Barnabas and is listed in stable condition.

There are no arrests, and the investigation remains ongoing.

Additionally, four people were shot in a playground in Rochdale, Queens, around 10:15 p.m.

The victims, three men and a woman, were shot in the legs and arms and are all expected to survive.
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