Four people were killed and seven others wounded in nine shootings from late Thursday afternoon through early Friday across New York City, according to police.
The violence began on Cruger Avenue near Lydig Avenue in Morris Park just after 3 p.m., when Abdessamad Essafoui, 23, was blasted in the chest, authorities said.
He was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. No arrests have been made, and the motive is unclear.
About three hours later, a 33-year-old man, whose name has not been released pending family notification, was fatally shot in the torso during an argument inside a building on East 94th Street near Church Avenue in East Flatbush, cops said.
He was discovered lying unconscious and unresponsive and was taken to SUNY Downstate hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The victim and the shooter, who remains at large, were possibly known to each other, police said.
Then, around 9:30 a.m., Kamaal King, 40, was repeatedly shot in the torso on Lewis Avenue near Kosciuszko Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 9:30 p.m., authorities said.
He was taken to Woodhull Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, cops said.
The circumstances of the shooting are unclear, and no arrests have been made.
An unidentified man was gunned down inside Gouverneur Playground, at St. Paul’s Place and Third Avenue in Claremont Village, around 11:30 p.m., cops said.
He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A second victim, a 24-year-old woman who was shot in the arm, later walked into Lincoln Medical Center, where she is listed in stable condition.
A person of interest has been taken into custody with charges pending. Cops did not immediately know whether that person was known to either of the victims, or have information on the motive.
A 23-year-old man was blasted in the left shoulder, right leg and right hand around 10:10 p.m. Thursday following a dispute on Hawthorne Street near Nostrand Avenue in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, cops said.
He was taken to the Kings County Hospital Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
The suspect, who wore all black, took off, police said.
A 16-year-old girl was also shot, possibly by her boyfriend, inside a building on Argyle Road near Dorchester Road in Flatbush around 1:10 a.m, cops said.
The suspect was taken into custody with charges pending, authorities said. A Glock semi-automatic pistol was recovered.
The teen was taken to Maimonides Medical Center with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to her left arm, police said.
A woman who had been shot in an unknown incident walked into the emergency room at Lincoln Medical Center in the Bronx around 1:15 a.m. Friday, cops said. A man walked in about 15 minutes later, according to police.
A 19-year-old man was shot in the torso by an unknown suspect on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. near West 120th Street in Harlem around 3:35 a.m., police said.
The victim, described as highly uncooperative, was taken to Harlem Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Another man was shot around 7 a.m. inside a building on West Burnside Avenue near Osborne Place in University Heights, cops said.
No details were immediately available on that incident.