Five young men shot at Bronx graduation party, video shows victim screaming ‘I got hit!’

Five young men were struck and wounded in a drive-by shooting at a Bronx graduation party early Friday, police said.

The gunfire erupted on Zerega Ave. near Watson Ave. in Unionport around 1 a.m.

Police said private security had been hired for a graduation party there, and the suspects were either escorted from the party or denied access.

A short time later, at least one person opened fire at the crowd from the sunroof of a passing dark-colored sedan.

Surveillance video shared with the Daily News shows several people screaming and running down the street after a gunshot is heard in the distance.

A man in a brown jacket and blue jeans grabs his side and starts limping back toward his friends, the two-minute clip shows.

“I got hit yo! I got hit, I got hit!” he screams.

Investigators at the scene of the shooting in the Bronx.
Investigators at the scene of the shooting in the Bronx. (Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News)

An NYPD cruiser rolls by the shooting scene then returns a few moments later, the clip shows.

A 16-year-old teen was struck in the chest. Three others — ages 17, 20 and 21 — were hit in the leg. A 19-year-old man was shot in the hip, police said.

All the victims were rushed to Jacobi Medical Center and were in stable condition.

The suspects are still being sought.

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