Brooklyn
Police are looking for a motive in the shooting of a 29-year-old man wounded late Friday in Kensington.
The victim, who was not identified, was shot in the chest by an unknown person at shortly after 11 p.m. while standing at the corner of McDonald Avenue and Avenue F, police said yesterday.
The victim was taken to Lutheran Hospital in stable condition.
A 53-year-old livery driver was robbed early yesterday in Bedford-Stuyvesant after dropping off a fare, police said yesterday.
The driver had stopped at the corner of Stone Avenue and New Lots Avenue, where a passenger got out of his car.
Another man entered the vehicle, pulled a weapon and took money from the driver’s shirt pocket and fled.
Two suspects – believed to be part of a team of a half-dozen bandits – were arrested in connection with a botched armored van hold-up, police said yesterday.
The incident unfolded at 7:40 p.m. Friday, at 1200 Liberty Ave. in East New York, as an employee for an armored van company exited his truck to make a drop in a night depository, police said.
He was approached by a man armed with a handgun who ordered him back into his van as five others stood by, police said.
The victim refused, and a struggle followed during which one shot was fired, possibly striking the initial suspect.
That suspect and his five cohorts fled in a green Nissan Altima that was recovered a short time later, along with a two loaded guns, a .22-caliber revolver and a .45-caliber semi-automatic.
Two of the six suspects were arrested – but the initial gunman and two other accomplices are still at large, police said.
Arrested were Michael Roberts, 17, and Earl Harriston, 25, both of Brooklyn.
They were charged with attempted robbery and criminal possession of a weapon.
Manhattan
A dispute turned violent in Harlem early yesterday, leaving a teenage girl and a man shot and wounded, police said.
The incident unfolded shortly after 4 a.m. at the intersection of West 145th Street and Lenox Avenue when a dispute erupted between an unidentified suspect and two other people, an 18-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man.
The argument ended with the teenager being shot in the leg and 36-year-old being shot in the stomach.
Both were taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition.
The suspect, who was not identified, fled the scene.
Queens
A 35-year-old man was recovering after he was struck by a car while crossing Queens Boulevard, police said yesterday.
The victim, who was not identified, was crossing the boulevard at 51st Avenue in Elmhurst when he was struck by a Nissan traveling east on the 10-lane thoroughfare late Friday.
The victim was taken to Elmhurst Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.
Bronx
A 27-year-old man was shot and wounded early yesterday in Kingsbridge, police said.
The victim, whose name was not released, was standing in front of 2 West Kingsbridge Road when a suspect fired three times, striking the victim once in the right leg.
The victim was taken to Montefiore Hospital in stable condition.
Staten Island
A 29-year-old man was shot during a robbery yesterday afternoon in the Port Richmond section, police said.
The victim, who was not identified, was attacked from behind by another man who took his gold chain.
It was not clear if the victim resisted, but the suspect fired a shot that struck the victim in the right shoulder.
The wounded man was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital in stable condition. The suspect fled and is being sought.