Seven people were shot within four hours during an explosion of pre-Thanksgiving gun violence, police said Thursday.

The bullets started flying around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday when gunfire broke out along a popular downtown Brooklyn shopping strip near the corner of Fulton and Jay Sts., hitting a young man and woman, both 18, in the legs, officials said.

EMS rushed the pair to New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist, where both are expected to recover.

The gunman argued with the couple before pulling his weapon, witnesses told police.

Roughly two hours later, around 9:40 p.m., two men were shot on Ryer Ave. in the Fordham section of the Bronx. One victim, 23, was shot in the left foot. The other, 22, was hit in the right thigh.

Both were rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital with minor

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