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Nearly 20 people shot dead during bloody night in New York

Eighteen people were shot dead overnight in New York City, including a mass shooting in Queens and two men who were shot dead in Brooklyn in separate incidents early Sunday morning.

In Canarsie, a man was shot just before 4:30 a.m. with several bullets in the chest by two gunmen, who fled while sitting in his car in front of a Dunkin Donuts at 1547 Ralph Ave, according to police sources.

Doctors transported the injured 32-year-old to Brookdale hospital, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later, police sources said.

The second fatal shooting took place in Sunset Park at 3:14 a.m., when a 28-year-old man was shot six times in the back, the sources said.

He was pronounced dead around 7 a.m. Sunday at Lincoln Hospital. The gunman fled the scene – 3240 3rd Ave. – walk on Boston Road, while wearing a black sweatshirt and blue jeans.

The gunfire continued at 4:50 am when a 55-year-old man was shot in the right ankle at 172-02 Linden Blvd in St. Albans, Queens, police sources said.

The victim was taken to hospital in Jamaica for treatment for his non-fatal injury.

On Sunday morning, 10 people were gunned down outside a laundromat in Corona, Queens on Saturday night, according to cops. A group of men on motorcycles and mopeds opened fire on 37th Avenue and 99th Street around 10:30 p.m., police sources said.

In addition, three passers-by were shot dead in a shootout between two groups after an argument at 330 Audubon Ave at 11:10 p.m.

A 42-year-old woman was shot in the left arm and medics took her to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital for non-fatal injuries.

A second victim, a 58-year-old woman, was shot in the stomach, and a 78-year-old man was shot in both the chest and the hand.

The second and third victims were taken to Harlem hospital and are expected to survive.

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