Two dead and five injured in bloody night in the Big Apple

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From Dean Balsamini

An elderly man was found dead after a fire in Brooklyn. Authorities say the blaze was deliberately set. The incident comes after a deadly night in the Big Apple during which two other incidents left two people dead and five injured.

The body of the 70-year-old victim was discovered in a bedroom at 371 Monroe Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 11:15 p.m. Friday, and a 65-year-old woman was taken to Woodhull Hospital with smoke inhalation, police said.

The cause of death will be determined by the city’s medical examiner, but the New York City FDNY fire marshal believes the fire was deliberately set.

The woman was questioned as part of the fire investigation, a law enforcement source said. The investigation is ongoing.

Less than an hour later, a 21-year-old man was shot in the head outside 140 Moore Street in Williamsburg and pronounced dead at Elmhurst Hospital.

Later, another 20-year-old man entered Woodhull Hospital with graze wounds to his head, ear and legs, claiming he was shot on the same street, police said. No arrests were made.

At around 1:10 a.m. Saturday morning, a woman was grazed in the neck by a bullet in the 2100 block of Union Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn, police said.

The 19-year-old victim was in stable condition at Brookdale Hospital. No arrests were made.

Shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday, a 27-year-old woman was cut in the face and head outside 1881 Walton Ave. in Mount Hope after two other women – armed with a knife and a gun – attacked her, Bronx police said.

She was in stable condition at St. Barnabas Hospital. No arrests were made.

At about 2:30 a.m. in East Harlem, a 19-year-old man was shot in the back as he walked along the 1900 block of Park Avenue. He was later taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition, police said. No arrests have been made.

The deadly incidents began shortly before 6 p.m. Friday in the Bronx, when a man was shot in the right leg at 1825 Topping Ave. in Mount Hope, police said.

The 37-year-old victim later died at St. Barnabas and one person was taken into custody, police said.