A career criminal was busted in the stray bullet shooting of a 17-year-old girl – part of an apparently gang-related burst of violence following the city’s Mexican Day Parade that also included a man stabbed, cops and sources said Monday.

Joel Nieves, 35, was charged with attempted murder, assault and weapons possession for the Sunday evening shooting in Midtown that left the innocent teen with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, authorities said.

Nieves allegedly opened fire at the corner of 27th Street and Park Avenue around 5 p.m. — moments after a stabbing nearby left a 24-year-old man injured, according to cops. 4

The suspect in that attack, a 14-year-old boy, was arrested and charged with gang assault, police said.

The victim was stabbed in the buttocks on 28th Street and Mad

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