A Dyker Heights teen was shot in the face during a home invasion on Wednesday — but then managed to phone police for help, said officials.
The 19-year-old was shot on the third floor of his Bay Ridge Avenue apartment between 12th and 13th avenues at 2 pm after two men barged in to rob the joint, police said.
But the wounded teen managed to grab a phone and dial 911 — providing a description of his attackers before loosing consciousness. Emergency responders rushed him to Maimonides Medical Center in critical condition.
Police canvassed the area and spotted two men that matched the victim’s description four blocks away in Leif Ericsson Park at Fort Hamilton Parkway and 67th Street, according to police.
The suspects bolted when they saw the cops, but after a brief chase, officers nabbed the alleged burglars in the Fei Long Supermarket on Eight Avenue at 64th Street, where police recovered a firearm in the grocer’s toilet bowl, authorities said.
Department of Education officials placed nearby PS 176 on temporary lock down immediately after the shooting.
It is unclear if the victim knew the people who tried to rob him. Police were still questioning the men Wednesday afternoon, who had not been formally charged by press time.
A police investigation is ongoing.
