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Man shot in the face while sitting on Harlem street corner bench



A man was shot in the face on a Harlem street corner Monday, police said.

The 61-year-old victim was sitting on a bench on the corner of W. 154th St. and Frederick Douglass Blvd. when the gunman approached him just before 2:05 p.m., cops and witnesses said.

“There were three or four guys sitting on a bench and two of them started arguing and fighting,” said a witness, who asked not to be identified. “When [the victim] hit the ground, pow, he shot him in the face.”

Bystanders scattered as the gunman took off on foot southbound on Frederick Douglass Blvd., according to the witness.

Medics rushed the wounded victim to Harlem Hospital where he was in critical, but stable, condition.

Witnesses told the Daily News the corner is rampant with drug use and dealing.

“That bench is notorious,” said a man who lives in the neighborhood. “It’s so bad they ought to make a movie out of it.”

There were no immediate arrests as police worked to track down the gunman.

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