Spate Of Six Shootings Grip Harlem Yesterday Evening

Gothamist relays a story on a man shot dead while sitting in his car at Columbus Avenue & West 91st Street. The Daily News reports that "Six people were shot in a series of attacks in Harlem - starting at 8:30 p.m. - on an unseasonably balmy evening."

Blogger Hip Hop Republican was on the grizzly scene at 127th near and St. Nicholas, where they report that a young man, possibly a police officer, was "laying on the street with blood flowing from his chest. "

The NY Post is reporting that "five people were shot within 45 minutes. None suffered life-threatening injuries...The shootings began at 8:47 p.m. at 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, where two men were shot. At 9:15, a man was shot at 217 W. 127th Street. At 9:21 p.m., a 17-year-old youth was shot at 127th Street and Lenox, and, at around the same time, a 15-year-old girl was hit at 128th Street and Lenox."

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