The NYPD is investigating after a 7-year-old girl was struck by a stray bullet in Harlem on Monday afternoon, sources said.
NEW YORK -- A 7-year-old girl was the victim of a stray-bullet shooting in Harlem on Monday afternoon, police said.Police sources say the gunfire erupted just before 3 p.m. outside 301 W. 145th St., at Bradhurst Avenue. Two men fired at least nine shots and the little girl, an innocent bystander, was struck once in the abdomen while walking on a sidewalk in front of a Starbucks. No other injuries were reported.
Officers rushed the child to Harlem Hospital, where she was undergoing surgery. She is expected to make a full recovery.Two men, ages 17 and 19, were taken in for questioning, and one weapon was recovered at the scene. Police said two groups were firing at each other and believe the shooting was gang related.No charges have been filed at this point, police said.'It is never a good thing when a child is a victim of a shooting,' Mayor Eric Adams said.
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