A 5-year-old girl was struck in the head during a shooting involving two groups in the Bronx on Wednesday evening and was hospitalized in stable condition.
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A 5-year-old girl suffered a gunshot wound during a shooting in the Bronx on Wednesday evening, according to the NYPD. The incident occurred around 5:40 p.m. at 1007 Southern Boulevard.
Police said two groups began shooting at each other when one of the bullets grazed the child in the head. The girl was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
The NYPD released surveillance photos of three suspects in connection with the incident. Authorities are seeking information from the public regarding the shooting.
The incident comes as the NYPD reports a decrease in crime across the city. In the Bronx, there have been 71 shooting incidents as of May 10, down from 85 compared to the same period a year ago.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) followed by TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (7478).
A 7-month-old girl was killed by a stray bullet on April 1 in Williamsburg; authorities say the shooter was aiming at her father.
A teenager was shot in the torso on a Manhattan-bound subway train in Ozone Park Monday evening. Two persons of interest are in custody.
A 15-year-old died and two others were wounded in a shooting Wednesday night at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, authorities said.
An eighth-grade student opened fire at a middle school in Kahramanmaras province Wednesday, killing three students and a teacher, wounding at least 20 others.
A 30-year-old man was shot in the chest and back during a fight outside a Mexican restaurant in Queens early Sunday. The suspect remains at large.
Authorities arrested 15 reputed gang members in connection with shootings across Brooklyn over 13 months that left one dead and seven wounded.
