He was mourning a murder victim — and now may become one himself.
A cold-blooded assassin blasted a man outside a Queens funeral home Wednesday night during a wake for another man who was recently killed, police sources and witnesses said.
THREE WOUNDED SHOOTING AT TEXAS COLLEGE
The gunman approached the 31-year-old victim as he stood with others outside the Elcock Funeral Home in South Richmond Hills around 9:20 p.m., sources and witnesses said. Dozens had come to the Liberty Ave. chapel to mourn the loss of loss of Leroy Smith, a local resident who was slain in Pennsylvania last week.
As the two men squabbled, the assailant whipped out a gun and fired at least three rounds at the victim, who was not immediately identified, sources and witnesses said.
“We were looking right at him and he started shooting,” said one horrified woman.
At least one bullet tore through the victim’s chest, and he bolted into the funeral home while others screamed and took cover, witnesses said.
Inside, the wounded man collapsed on a gray chair near the vestibule and began bleeding onto the floor. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital and remained in critical condition late Wednesday night.
The gunman was last seen heading east on Liberty Ave. Nearby surveillance cameras may have captured the entire incident, a police source said.
