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A Queens baby shower ended with a spray of gunfire that left two revelers critically wounded.
The shots rang out on 101st St. near 32nd Ave. in Corona around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, police said.
A gunman enraged by a post-party argument stalked the couple back to their BMW 5X SUV before pumping seven bullets into the side of their parked vehicle, cops said.
Incredibly, a 14-year-old boy riding in the backseat emerged unscathed — and actually notified police about the attack after the bleeding driver sped a half-mile to the 115th Precinct stationhouse.
Anthony Lugo, 31, and Mildred Neal, 43, had walked a few blocks from Elite Class Events on Northern Blvd. to their parked luxury car with the teenage boy.
Family members and a police source said the boy was Neal’s son.
Once the couple climbed in the front seats and the teen got in behind them, a dark-colored pickup truck appeared suddenly alongside their SUV — and the gunman inside opened fire, cops said.
“That guy is something else. Very dangerous,” she said, her voice full of pain and anger. “He’s very bad. Very bad.”
She said her daughter tirelessly tried to provide for her three children, working long shifts as a taxi driver, but Lugo took advantage of her.
“She works very hard and he takes money from her. Oh my God,” she said.
Five bullet holes were visible in the SUV’s shattered window, with another pocking the front door.
The wounded Lugo slammed on the gas and headed directly to the Queens precinct, stopping just past the front entrance of the building on Northern Blvd.
The teen left the two gunshot victims inside the car and bolted inside to notify cops about the shooting.
“My parents just got shot!” the boy exclaimed to officers at the stationhouse, according to a police source.
By the time the BMW reached the precinct, Neal was already unconscious in the passenger seat, a source said.
Lugo was hit in the elbow and stomach, while Neal took bullets in the back and arm, sources said.
The shooter took off in the truck following the surprise attack, police said.
Sources said that Lugo knew the gunman although the nature of the argument was still unclear.
No arrests were made, and both gunshot victims were taken to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition, officials said.
Jara said that her daughter had a lung removed and will require more surgery for her wounds.
“She can’t talk too much,” she said. “I feel so bad but thank god she’s alive.”
The woman said she had warned her daughter about her relationship with Lugo.
“I told her, ‘Don’t hang out with that guy,’” she said.
“I told her, ‘You will be in a problem with that guy. You will be in danger.’”