Girl, 15, wounded by stray bullet when gunfire erupts on Bronx street
The victim was standing with a group of teens near E. 183rd St. and Crotona Ave. in Belmont when shot rang out about 6:45 p.m. Monday.
A 15-year-old girl was wounded by a stray bullet when gunfire erupted on a Bronx street, police said Tuesday.
The victim was standing with a group of teens near E. 183rd St. and Crotona Ave. in Belmont — about two blocks from the Bronx Zoo — when shot rang out about 6:45 p.m. Monday, cops said.
The teen was struck in the buttocks as she scrambled for cover. Medics took her to Jacobi Medical Center, where she was treated and released.
The shooter ran off and has not been caught.
The girl is not believed to be the intended target, a police source said.
Cops on Tuesday were scouring the area for surveillance footage that could help them identify the shooter.
The gunplay comes as cops in the 48th Precinct tackle a 27% jump in shootings this year.
As of Oct. 13, cops had investigated 28 shootings within the precinct boundaries, six more than by this time last year, according to NYPD statistics.
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