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

First Published: August 17, 2009 10:24 AM EDT Credit: Getty Images

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- A jubilant Queen Latifah attends the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center on January 20, 2009 in Washington, DCCaption A jubilant Queen Latifah attends the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center on January 20, 2009 in Washington, DCThe 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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