Metro

After record murder low in 2013, 2 killed on New Year’s Day

A man was killed in at a Queens house party gone bad marking the city’s first homicide of 2014, police said.

The 22-year-old victim was fatally attacked in the basement of a home on 113th Avenue near Sutphin Boulevard in St. Albans, around 1:15 a.m., Wednesday, cops said. The man, whose name has not been released, was one of two young men killed as the city rang in the New Year.

Investigators were waiting for an autopsy to determine whether the victim was shot or if he had been stabbed with a screwdriver, sources said. The victim died at the scene, authorities said.

No suspects are in custody and it was not immediately clear what sparked the deadly assault but neighbors believe it was over a spilled drink.

Shakeema Williams, 33, said the house was full of drunken revelers and cops were called several times.

“There were a bunch of incidents there last night,” she told the Post. “The cops were here for the first incident before 11 and then they left. I heard people inside asking them to go. I was outside and I heard what sounded like a gunshot and we ran inside.”

“It’s crazy,” Williams said. “There was all this commotion right after the ball dropped. It’s terrible.”

A 17-year-old was also killed in Bushwick after leaving a house party around 2:55 a.m., Wednesday, police said.

He was shot in the chest, cops said. The teenager was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. No one is in custody and investigators do not have a motive in the slaying, police said.

The murders began on New Year’s Day as incoming Police Commissioner Bill Bratton took over the NYPD with the challenge of maintaining or beating a record-low homicide rate that claimed 333 victims in 2012.