A 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg on Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Tuesday, cops said.
The victim was struck near Stanton St. and Bowery, about a block away from Sara. D Roosevelt Park and the Lower East Side Infill NYCHA development, around 5:25 p.m., said police.
The shooter fired off at least five rounds, striking the victim once in the left leg, according to a law enforcement source.
A worker at a nearby restaurant told the Daily News he overheard the gunfire and glanced outside to see the teen lying on the pavement near before the entrance of an apartment building.
Medics rushed the teen to Bellevue Hospital, where he’s expected to survive.
Police took four people into custody. No charges were immediately filed.