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May 25, 2008 3:20 pm US/Eastern

Queens Shooting Victims Expected To Survive

Gunman Opens Fire On Roosevelt Avenue, Hitting 5

Reporting
Dave Carlin

NEW YORK (CBS) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Five people on a neighborhood thoroughfare in Queens were shot Saturday afternoon, and police were searching for suspects.
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A broad daylight gang related shooting put shock and chaos on the streets of Jackson Heights Saturday afternoon.

"It's really frightening to know you're going to get some lunch and some innocent person is going to get injured," said Barbara Perez.

"It worries me," added Javier Cardenas. "It's happening in broad daylight. Innocent children can get hurt, innocent bystanders can get hurt."

Shortly before noon, police say a man with a gun took aim at a 21-year-old man. That victim was shot in the side and staggered into a nearby Ecuadorian restaurant. He was taken to Elmhurst Hospital along with four other victims described as innocent bystanders. They include a 21-year-old woman shot in the stomach, a 45-year-old man shot in the torso, and two men aged 39 and 31 who suffered graze wounds.

Beauty Salon Manager Hugo Calle told CBS 2 HD people ran into his shop to escape the gunshots.

"People were coming in scared," said Calle, who later called the police.

Talk among patrons and workers at area businesses is about how the security cameras apparently got a good shot of one of the suspects. Police are now looking at that footage.

Residents wonder if this shooting is connected to another shooting on this same stretch of Roosevelt Avenue earlier this month.

"It's getting worse," added Calle. "There is a lot of bad things happening in the streets."

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