Police have arrested a man for allegedly shooting and killing a woman and her pit bull as they walked down a Brooklyn street.
Namel Colon was arrested Tuesday and the 36-year-old faces murder and weapons charges in the Jan. 2 shooting at Bedford-Stuyvesant that claimed the life of Jennifer Ynoa.
New York City Police said Ynoa, also 36, was walking her dog near Dekalb and Franklin Avenue before 9:45 p.m. when surveillance video showed a gunman chasing her into a cigar store before opening fire.
Another camera angle on the street captured the shooter fleeing toward a red four-door sedan parked on the street. He jumped into the driver’s seat and drove off.
Ynoa, who lived on the block where the gunfire erupted, was shot in the head and transported to Brooklyn Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Her dog, Blue, died at the scene, police said.
However, law enforcement sources said they do not believe Ynoa was the intended target of the shooting.
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