By  TATYANA TURNER & DAVID CRUZ

A young man was shot on the outskirts of Kingsbridge/Bedford Park just an hour before the community was to enjoy a street festival. The shooter remains on the run in a case of what police sources say was a gang-related, retaliatory shooting.

Children were prepared for the 2nd annual Decatur Avenue Street Festival when gunfire erupted, forcing the cancellation of the festival just on the eve of Memorial Day weekend.

Cops from the 52nd suspect the shooting began at a barber shop on 194th Street and Decatur Avenue. The victim, part of the notorious Crips gang, was shot by a rival Bloods gang member in response to a shooting that happened on the corner of Creston Avenue and East 193rd Street in broad daylight two days before, according to one police source. The victim stumbled to 195th Street with gunshot wounds to the groin. He was transported to a nearby hospital with his condition unknown. Police cordoned off 195th Street and Decatur Avenue.

Councilman Ritchie Torres, who was expected to appear at the festival, said in a statement that “today’s tragic shooting on Decatur Avenue wounded the entire community.”

“My thoughts and prayers are with the victim and their family for a full and speedy recovery,” said Torres.

The shooting comes on the same day as 14-year-old Christopher Duran was shot to death in a suspected gang-related shooting in Concourse.

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