NEW YORK – Two women have been hospitalized in New York after several shootings in Manhattan and Brooklyn, one of which led to the closure of a school.
On Monday afternoon, according to police, a 26-year-old woman was near the Wagner houses on First Avenue in East Harlem when she was shot in the right shoulder. Authorities don’t believe she was the target of the shooting. A 25-year-old man was arrested shortly after.
Law enforcement sources said the 25-year-old suspect was seen shooting another man by a Citi Bike. The victim was taken to Harlem hospital with severe injuries, but was expected to survive.
Around the same time, more violence developed on the East River in Brooklyn’s Marine Park neighborhood. A 36-year-old mother was shot in the head while she was with her son outside JHS 278 on Stuart Avenue.
The mother was seriously injured and was hospitalized. The father of the boy she was with was arrested after police said an argument led to the shooting. However, police sources said they are investigating whether the incident was a possible suicide attempt.
Because the shooting took place so close to a school, she was forced to close, leaving her parents and students in terror.
“It was a little scary,” said Zakaria, an 11-year-old student, at our sister station NBC 4 New York. “We couldn’t go anywhere other than the auditorium and we were stuck there for a few hours.”
Neither the name of the suspected killer in the East Harlem incident, nor the man possibly involved in the shooting in Brooklyn were released.
Investigations into both incidents are ongoing.
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