Shots Ring Out On NYC Street Prepping For New Movie Starring Queen Latifah

 
 
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    A jubilant Queen Latifah attends the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center on January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC

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    Queen Latifah attends the 37th Annual Fifi Awards at The Armory on May 27, 2009 in New York City

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    Queen Latifah speaks onstage at the Michael Jackson public memorial service held at Staples Center

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    Queen Latifah is all smiles at the 2009 Atlantic League all-star game in Newark, New Jersey on June 23, 2009

 
 

FIRST PUBLISHED: August 17, 2009 11:59 AM EDT

NEW YORK, N.Y. --

The scene was like something out of a movie — except it wasn’t.

Workers preparing a Manhattan neighborhood for an upcoming movie shoot saw real bullets flying outside a housing project.

Feliberto Rivera was hanging “no parking” signs in the Chelsea section for Queen Latifah’s new movie, “Just Wright.” He said he saw a man lying on the street outside, yelling for help.

Police and witnesses say the victim got out of a car and began arguing with two men. Then, they say, someone started shooting.

The man was hit in the torso and the leg Sunday. He’s in stable condition at a hospital.

Shooting of “Just Wright” is to begin Monday. It’s about a sports trainer who falls in love with a professional basketball player.

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