Son charged in mom’s fatal shooting, two others hurt in overnight NYC mayhem

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Police investigate the scene of Friday night’s fatal shooting on 121st Avenue. Robert Mecea

A Queens woman was shot dead and her son charged with her murder, police said.

Natalie Coggins, 61, was shot once in the head at around 9:25 p.m. inside her home at 160-46 121st Avenue in Jamaica, police said.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Natalie Coggins was fatally shot once in the head Friday at around 9:25 p.m. inside her home at 160-46 121st Avenue in Jamaica, police said. Robert Mecea

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Coggins’ son, Dashawn, 36, is charged with her murder and criminal possession of a weapon, authorities said. Robert Mecea

EMS pronounced her dead at the scene.

Dashawn Coggins, 36, was arrested and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, authorities said.

Police did not say what led to the deadly shooting.

“The investigation remains ongoing,” the NYPD said.

Neighbors were alerted to the deadly shooting by the wailing of a woman, apparently Dashawn’s sister, outside.

“I heard the yelling and the screaming,” Kim Smith, 58, told The Post Saturday morning, adding she was told the sister claimed Dashawn had declared, “I killed mommy!”

The younger woman wouldn’t comment when reached for comment.

In Chinatown, a 55-year-old man was hospitalized Friday night after two thugs sucker-punched him in the face on Eldridge Street, near Hester Street, cops said.

The victim, who is of Asian descent, was walking along the sidewalk when he was attacked. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition following the 8:15 p.m. assault.

There have been no arrests.

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An “uncooperative” man was stabbed in the torso at the Cypress Hills Houses on Sutter Avenue late Friday night, cops said. Google Street View

The suspects were described as a 25-year-old man with a light complexion and blonde hair and a man in his 20s with a dark complexion, police said.

The incident follows a spate of sucker-punch attacks citywide.

Blood was also shed in Brooklyn late Friday night when a man was stabbed in the torso at the Cypress Hills Houses on Sutter Avenue, cops said.

The “uncooperative” victim was taken to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition following the 11:40 p.m. incident.

There have been no arrests.

Additional reporting by Georgia Worrell

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