Metro

Shots fired during wild wrong-way car chase ending with crash in East Harlem

Cops fired shots during a wild wrong-way car chase involving three thugs in East Harlem this morning, police sources said.

Police began the pursuit after two of the crooks robbed five men by gunpoint on Fifth Avenue near East 118th Street shortly before 3:15 a.m., sources said.

The two thieves took the victims’ cash and smart phones — and then jumped into a Nissan Altima with a third suspect and drove off the wrong way south on Lexington Avenue.

One of the thugs pulled a gun and fired on two cops who were chasing the trio in a patrol car, said sources.

One officer, a sergeant, fired back. No one was hit by any of the bullets, said the sources.

Finally, the Altima crashed into a Toyota Corolla on East 115th Street and Second Avenue and then plowed into a courtyard at the Thomas Jefferson housing project.

Cops arrested the three people in the Altima and recovered two weapons.

The suspects were taken to an area hospital to be treated for injuries they suffered in the crash. They were reported in stable condition.

A driver and passenger in the Corolla were taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in stable condition.