A 12-year-old girl narrowly escaped death or serious injury when a bullet passed through another man and hit her in the stomach.
In the early afternoon of Nov. 28, outside a bodega on Jerome Avenue near the corner of East 196th Street, an argument erupted between a 31-year-old black man and a Hispanic man in his mid-20s. The Hispanic man pulled out a gun and shot the black man in the back, police said.
The bullet traveled through the victim’s torso and hit the 12-year-old girl, who happened to be passing by. Luckily, the girl only received superficial wounds, including bruises, when the bullet lodged into her jacket. Doctors at St. Barnabas examined her and released her the same day.
The other victim was in stable condition at St. Barnabas.
Meanwhile, police cordoned off the block around the crime scene and found a .40 caliber handgun and the shooter’s black bubble NorthFace jacket. Police still haven’t found the suspect.
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