Thursday, October 31, 2013

Four men slashed in Inwood brawl, fifth shot: cops

Four men involved in a fight about 4 a.m. Thursday were taken St. Luke's and St. Barnabas hospitals with leg, head and chin cuts.


Pace, Bryan Freelance NYDN


Four men involved in a fight about 4 a.m. Thursday were taken St. Luke’s and St. Barnabas hospitals with leg, head and chin cuts.



An early morning brawl outside an Inwood lounge left four young men with slash wounds Thursday, authorities said.


A fifth man was shot and wounded moments later in a separate incident just one block from the club, cops said.


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The rumble began about 4 a.m. outside the Social Club at Dyckman St. and Vermilyea Ave., police said.


Injured were a 20-year-old and a 24-year-old, both with slash wounds to their right legs, a 26-year-old with a gash to the head and a 26-year-old with a cut to the chin. All four men were brought to St. Luke’s and St. Barnabas hospitals with injuries that were not life-threatening.


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Minutes later, a man was shot in the chest at Vermilyea Ave. and Academy St. He was rushed to an area hospital in serious but stable condition, cops said.


Police were investigating both incidents.


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