Three people were killed and two others wounded in separate shootings across the city Monday – including a woman fatally struck in the head who did not appear to be the intended target, authorities said.
The 39-year-old dead woman was identified as Gloria Ortiz, who was killed in a drive-by shooting on East 137th Street near Bruckner Boulevard in Mott Haven in The Bronx, cops said. Two men, ages 32 and 23, also were hurt in the shooting.
The suspect opened fire from a white car around 4:10 p.m., striking Ortiz in the head and the two men in the back, police said.
Ortiz and the older man were taken to Lincoln Medical Center, where Ortiz was pronounced dead, cops said.
The younger man went to Harlem Hospital, cops said.
Both men are listed in stable condition.
The shooting appeared to be connected to a gang-related tow truck business, a high-ranking police source said.
Sources said investigators believe the target may have been the 32-year-old man, a known gang member who Ortiz was with at the time.
Ortiz does not have an arrest record, police said.
A 33-year-old man, identified as Diquan Orr, was later separately blasted in the chest around 11:30 p.m. on Linden Boulevard near 194th Street, in front of the Cozy Corner Sports Bar and Lounge in St. Albans, Queens, authorities said.
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A dispute erupted inside the bar before Orr was shot, police said.
Orr was rushed, unconscious and unresponsive, to Long Island Jewish-Franklin General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, cops said.
In the Bronx, Christian C. Bueno, 39, was blasted in the torso on Sedgwick Avenue near West Kingsbridge Road in Kingsbridge Heights around 10 p.m., authorities said.
He was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, cops said.
The motive for the shooting is unclear, cops said.
Bueno was discovered with drugs in his possession, police sources said.
As of Tuesday morning, no arrests had been made in any of the shootings
