“#Two injured by illegal fireworks overnight as NYC complaints skyrocket”
June 17, 2020 | 12:28pm
Protesters set off fireworks near NYPD officers outside Barclays Center in May.
Stefan Jeremiah
Two yahoos hurt themselves with errant pyrotechnics in separate incidents early Wednesday, police said.
Bronx cops responded to the first incident shortly before 1 a.m., on initial reports of shots fired on University Avenue.
Police later determined that an 18-year-old man had been struck in the chest while lighting off fireworks.
The man was taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
In the second incident, a 33-year-old man was shooting off fireworks inside his Brooklyn apartment around 5 a.m. when one of the missiles backfired and hit him in the chest, police said.
He was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he is listed in critical condition, police said.
City officials reported a 4,000-percent surge in firecracker complaints during the first two weeks of this month, with 849 reports to 311 between June 1 and June 14 — up from just 21 over the same time span last year
The NYPD did not identify the two men.
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