Three men died in a hail of bullets in Springfield Gardens, Queens around 5 a.m. Saturday.
Police arrived on the scene to find two men with multiple gunshot wounds inside a gray Jeep Grand Cherokee.
The vehicle was double parked and riddled with bullet holes.
A third man was found lying in the street by the rear door of the vehicle. He had been shot several times.
EMS pronounced all victims dead at the scene. They have not yet been identified.
Duane Roberts, 62, heard the barrage of bullets. “It sounded like a fire cracker,” he said. “It was a lot of shots.”
“It was real quick. Two minutes later the police were here,” Roberts added.
“Nothing usually happens here.”
The investigation is ongoing.
