Gang riot may have sparked mass shooting outside NYC nightclub during memorial for slain teenager: sources

A bloody shooting Wednesday night outside a Queens nightclub that left 10 injured was at a memorial for a teenager gunned down in Brooklyn in October — and may have been a gang-related hit, sources said.

More than 100 people, most of them teenagers, lined up outside the Amazura nightclub in Jamaica to remember 16-year-old Taearion Mungo, who was shot and killed at the Walt Whitman House public housing complex in Fort Greene on Oct. 26 when armed men opened. fire, according to the police.

According to police sources, Mungo may have been affiliated with the FNO street gang — or “For N-ers Only” crew — and Wednesday’s shooting may have been connected.

The gunplay comes as violence has risen this year within the confines of the NYPD’s 103rd Precinct — which includes the nightclub — with murders, aggravated assaults and shootings.

Police statistics show there were seven murders in the 103 from Sunday, up from just two last year, while assaults rose to 780 over the same period, compared to 653 in the same period in 2023.

Meanwhile, shooting deaths more than doubled, with 25 victims over that span compared to 12 in 2023.

“We go through this every weekend,” an MTA employee who works across the street from Amazura told The Post on Thursday. “Bullets are going crazy. We have to go to work, we don’t know if we’re going to get home. It scares me.”

Police said all of the victims who were shot outside the club suffered non-life threatening injuries.

“A night of celebration ended in senseless violence overnight at a Queens venue,” Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday. “I want to make it clear that this incident has no connection to terrorism investigations elsewhere in our country.

“As we have said, there is no place for this criminal behavior in our city, and we are determined to bring these dangerous individuals to justice and get illegal guns off our streets,” the mayor said.

According to sources, Mungo’s family invited 120 people to the teenager’s memorial, but many had to wait outside because the club only has a capacity of 90 – leading to a spillover crowd at the front.

Wednesday would have been the teenager’s 17th birthday.

There were about 15 people outside around 11:20 p.m., when four gunmen opened fire from the corner of 144th Place and 91st Avenue, the sources said, hitting 10 people before fleeing.

“It lasted about 10 seconds and then there was silence,” said neighborhood resident Juan Alulema. “I saw people screaming. I saw a woman run into the club. She was screaming someone’s name. There were cars in front of the club so I couldn’t see what she was looking at.

“After the shooting, I heard two cars,” said the 25-year-old restaurant worker. “They took off very quickly.”

Police are investigating gang affiliation as “one of the avenues” for the shooting, the sources said.

There have been no arrests.

The shooting drew condemnation from Big Apple pols.

“Violence like this has no place in our communities, and we must come together to address the root causes and ensure the safety of our neighborhoods,” said Councilwoman Natasha Williams (D-Queens), whose district includes the club.

“I am in close contact with law enforcement and community leaders to support their efforts and will work tirelessly to advocate for the resources we need to prevent tragedies like this,” she said.

Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) blamed the state’s soft-on-crime justice reforms.

“Would any wokesters bet me that the suspects all have long rap sheets and have been beneficiaries of bail reform or ‘raising the age’ for the past few years?” he said. “Of course not, they won’t lose money, but I’m sure they’re fine with our lives.”

Meanwhile, neighborhood resident Vishal, 28, said security may have been lax at the nightclub.

“Usually when they have events, they have security and police and many more vehicles parked outside,” Vishal said. “I came in at 9.30pm and I didn’t see the usual police.

“The first day of the year,” he added. “What’s the rest going to look like?”