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Six men wounded in Brooklyn shooting, one critically: NYPD

C.Thompson25 min ago

Six men were wounded, one critically, during a wild shooting in Brooklyn early Saturday , cops said.

The victims scattered after the barrage of bullets and showed up at different area hospitals looking for medical care beginning at 1:50 a.m., cops said.

Police later determined that they were all wounded near the corner of Cherry St. and Stewart Ave. , a desolate industrial spot alongside the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Greenpoint.

The first victims, three 18-year-old men, showed up at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, cops said. One suffered a gunshot wound to the ankle and another had been shot in the face, cops said. Both were expected to survive.

The third 18-year-old man had been shot in the chest and was listed in critical condition.

At around the same time, a 33-year-old man showed up at Woodhull Hospital with a gunshot wound to his right ankle, police said.

Two other men, both 20, arrived at Jamaica Hospital in Queens. One had been shot in the left leg. The other had been shot in the back.

All three men were expected to survive.

All of the victims said they were shot near the corner, although it was not immediately clear what sparked the gunfire.

Two men were being sought for questioning, but it wasn't clear if both men fired shots.

There does not appear to be any stores or nightlife by the corner, which holds a smattering of warehouses and a parking lot for dump trucks.

Detectives were looking into all possibilities, including that the shooting may have been sparked by a road rage incident on the BQE that ended on the service road, police sources said.

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