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A 15-year-old girl was shot while sitting inside her home in Queens last night, the New York police reported.
The 15-year-old victim was inside her home located on 113th Road near Francis Lewis Boulevard when multiple shots were fired outside around 11 p.m. and a bullet went through a window and hit her in the leg, according to the authorities.
She was taken to a hospital, where she is in stable condition, he said. Pix11. Authorities believe that she was not the intended target, but was one more victim of stray bullets in the height of armed violence who lives in the city
No arrests have been made. Anyone with information should call. at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). also through the page crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
In a similar recent case, also in Queens, a 72-year-old woman was hit by an apparent stray bullet that entered her home at the end of the “Memorial Day” holiday. Days before, a Hispanic girl had died shot “by mistake” by teenagers on a street in the Bronx.
In recent years, the wave of armed violence in the city has involved minor and adult gunmen, men and womeny victims of all ages. After the boom in 2020 and 2021 particularly among young gang members and/or victims, 2022 continues with the same trend, putting up a great challenge to the new mayor Eric Adamsformer NYPD, who since taking office in January has found obstacles within his own Democratic party y Black Lives Matter (BLM) leaders to face the crisis.
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