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By Michael V. Cusenza
Just three days after Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and the City Police Department boasted of taking more than 60 guns off NYC streets at a buyback event at Calvary Assembly of God Church in Ozone Park, four innocent bystanders suffered gunshot wounds Tuesday night at a nearby skate park.
The victims, including two teenagers, were shot after a gunfight erupted around 6:15 p.m. between two men inside London Plane Tree Skate Park on Atlantic Avenue and 88th Street.
According to PIX11, a 15-year-old girl was shot in the leg, a 16-year-old boy was shot in the back, a 20-year-old man was shot twice in the leg and a 32-year-old man was shot in the leg, NYPD officials said. All four victims were hospitalized in stable condition. Police did not specify which of the victims was believed to be the intended target.
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