A career criminal was busted in the stray bullet shooting of a 17-year-old girl – part of an apparently gang-related burst of violence following the city’s Mexican Day Parade that also included a man stabbed, cops and sources said Monday.
Joe Nieves, 35, was charged with attempted murder, assault and weapons possession for the Sunday evening shooting in Midtown that left the innocent teen with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, authorities said.
Nieves allegedly opened fire at the corner of 27th Street and Park Avenue around 5 p.m. — moments after a stabbing nearby left a 24-year-old man injured, according to cops.
The suspect in that attack, a 14-year-old boy, was arrested and charged with gang assault, police said.
The victim was stabbed in the buttocks on 28th Street and Madison Avenue, leaving him hospitalized in stable condition, cops said.
The 17-year-old girl, who was shot in the left shoulder, was taken to Bellevue Hospital, also in stable condition.
While Nieves faces no charges in connection to the knifing, investigators believe he was part of a group, including the teen suspect, that became violent soon after the parade wrapped up in the area, sources said.
Both the shooting and the stabbing appear to be gang-related, according to the sources.
Cops could not immediately confirm whether either Nieves or the 14-year-old had gang affiliations.
But Nieves, of the Bronx, has 10 prior arrests – the most recent for reckless endangerment in July 2023, police said.
He was also arrested for criminal possession of a weapon in October of 2017, the sources said.
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