New York police are looking for two suspects after a 70-year-old woman was hit by a stray bullet in Brooklyn this week.
Police said the incident occurred around 2:10 p.m. Monday near the corner of Fulton Street and Brooklyn Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
A video released by the NYPD shows two men getting into an argument. During the conflict, one of the men pulled out a handgun, opened fire, and fled in a blue moped.
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A bullet hit the left thigh of a woman who came out across the street with a shopping cart from a nearby Superfood Town grocery store.
She was taken to Kings County Hospital and is said to be in stable condition.
New York City Councilman Chi Ossé, who represents the neighborhood, took to Twitter shortly after the incident, saying the woman’s injuries were not life-threatening.
“People in this community are constantly traumatized by this needless violence,” he said. “Our prayers are with this senior and her recovery.”
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Police department officials are asking the public to help locate the person in the video. They asked anyone who had information about the incident to contact the NYPD Crimestopper Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or in Spanish he called 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). ) to call.
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Members of the public can also submit tips by logging into the Crime Stoppers website or Twitter @NYPDTips.