At least 4 people shot near Brooklyn playground, 1 suspect on the loose: NYPD

Police have three suspects in custody reportedly responsible for afternoon gun violence in a Brooklyn neighborhood that sent four victims to a local hospital, law enforcement sources said Wednesday.

A fourth suspect remains in the wind after the group took off from the Bed-Stuy shooting scene, but crashed their car a short distance later, the sources said.

The gun shots were fired around 3:30 p.m. in the area of Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Park Avenue near the Sumner Houses. At least one of the people shot was said to be in critical condition.

Law enforcement sources said the four gun shot victims range in age between 21 and 34; three are man, one is a woman. The youngest victim was critically hurt after being shot twice in the chest, they said.

The woman, police said, was an unintended target caught in the line of fire. One of the bullets grazed her shoulder, according to officials.

Police say the shooter stepped out of a Hyundai Santa Fe and waited for three men to cross the street before opening fire. The shooter got back into the SUV and sped away with three others who were waiting for him. Officers who heard the shots followed them.

The four suspects did not manage to get far -- Myrtle Avenue and Throop Avenue -- before striking two motorists. Once the car was struck, everyone inside took off running on foot.

"Once they hit me they couldn’t drive no more so they get out of the car and they started running this way," Luis Cuan, one of the crash victims, said.

Despite police catching three of the suspects, police said they did not recover a gun. It was not clear if the suspected shooter was one of the three suspects apprehended moments after the shooting.

"It’s a strong possibility that is gang motivated that’s something going to be verified in the investigation," an NYPD official said Wednesday.

The investigation is ongoing.