Two women were fatally shot on the Upper East Side Friday morning just yards from Gracie Mansion, police said.
One woman shot the other on E. 88th St. near York Ave. at about 8:50 a.m., then turned the gun on herself in an apparent murder-suicide.
The double shooting occurred at a car parked on E. 88th St., cops said. A young child in the back seat was not harmed.
Gracie Mansion, home to Mayor Adams, is less than a block away on East End Ave.
The shooting brought NYPD officers who were part of the Mayor’s protective detail and were stationed near Gracie Mansion.
Mayor Adams also showed up at the scene within minutes, a police source with knowledge of the case said.
City Hall referred all inquiries about the shooting to the NYPD.
The investigation into the double shooting was continuing, an NYPD spokeswoman said.
Michael Donovan, a superintendent of an E. 88th St. building, was cleaning up outside when he heard the gunshots.
“I ducked into my doorway for cover and then I looked and I saw the lady with the white hair fall onto the sidewalk,” Donovan said. “When I went closer I saw there was another woman lying behind the car who was also shot.”
A second later, he peered into the car’s backseat.
“There was a … child in the car,” he said. “I called 911, the police responded immediately, and EMS. The gun is still there on the scene.”
One of the women died at the scene, cops said. The second was taken to an area hospital, but didn’t survive.
Their names were not immediately disclosed.
“The trunk was open, the doors were open,” Donovan said. “It looked like they were packing stuff up or taking stuff out.”
The shooting happened “right down the block from Gracie Mansion,” Donovan said.
“It’s shocking because it’s a safe and quiet block,” he said.
With Chris Sommerfeldt
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