Eight Wounded in Harlem Shootings

The police said they believed that the shootings stemmed from a disturbance nearby at Marcus Garvey Park, where gunshots rang out in a large crowd.

According to an Emergency Medical Services spokesman, the first shooting was reported to authorities at 10:14 p.m., with another at 10:17, two more at 10:19, and two more still at 10:24.

The spokesman said the reports appeared to have come from different locations in the vicinity, including one at 131st Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard.

The victims were picked up along Lenox Avenue at 125th, 126th and 128th Streets.

Officers were checking with hospitals in the area to see if anyone else sought treatment.

The police said that one of the victims, an 18-year-old, had been shot in the chest and was in critical condition.

The other seven appeared to be in stable condition, the authorities said.

The police said that all of the victims were male, one of them appeared to be 13 and another appeared to be 16. Another 18-year-old man was either shot or stabbed in the back and was found lying on a bench, the authorities said.

They said that they did not know what prompted the shootings, and had not captured anyone as of early Tuesday.