PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS — Four people were injured in two separate shootings in the neighborhood this weekend, police said.
An unknown suspect ran up to a Parkside Court building just off Parkside Avenue and opened fire on two men and one woman who were sitting on the stoop at about 1:50 a.m. Saturday, investigators said.
The three victims were hit in the legs and feet and treated at Kings County Hospital, officials said.
The shooter fled the scene in a car waiting on nearby Ocean Avenue and remains at large, police said.
The next night, a 15-year-old boy was shot in the stomach outside of 1137 Washington Ave. at the corner of Lincoln Road and Flatbush Avenue at 4 a.m. on Sunday. The unidentified shooter fired multiple rounds, striking the boy once and damaging two parked cars, police said.
A black vehicle with tinted windows fled the scene northbound on Washington Avenue, officials said. The victim is in stable condition at Kings County Hospital.
Investigators said the two shootings are unrelated.
NYPD data shows that shootings are up in the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens precinct.
There have been 9 shooting incidents in the 71st Precinct through the end of July, up from 7 in the same time period in 2014 — a 28 percent increase, according to the department’s crime statistics.
The data shows the number of victims of gun violence has also risen, from 8 shooting victims in 2014 to 12 so far this year, a 50 percent increase.
See the map below from DNAinfo New York showing major crimes reported in the precinct through July 26, the most recently available data from the police department:
