A woman and a man were shot and wounded and a nearby school was put into lockdown after a shooting broke out in Coney Island Thursday, cops said.

Shots were fired at Surfside Gardens, a NYCHA housing complex on W. 31st St. near Mermaid Ave., at about 12:30 p.m.

Bullets struck a 22-year-old woman in the buttocks and a 32-year-old man in the right hand, police said. It was not immediately clear if they were the intended targets.

Police investigate a double-shooting on Mermaid Ave. and W. 31st St. in Coney Island, Brooklyn, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Daily News)
Police investigate a double shooting on Mermaid Ave. and W. 31st St. in Coney Island, Brooklyn, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Daily News)

As cops were called to the scene, a nearby public school was put into temporary lockdown, which was lifted a short time later, police said.

The two wounded people were taken to NYU-Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where they were treated for minor injuries.

No arrests have been made, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls are confidential. Tips leading to an arrest and indictment can receive rewards up to $3,500.

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