New York taking pictures: The different two youngsters had been hospitalized in steady situation. (Representational)

New York:

A 16-year-old woman was killed and two different youngsters injured by stray bullets in New York on Friday after a person who was arguing with somebody opened fireplace on the street, police mentioned.

New York Police Chief Keechant Sewell informed reporters the younger girl was coming back from her highschool within the Bronx, accompanied by one other 16-year-old woman and a boy aged 17.

A person on foot in a crosswalk was arguing with somebody on the other facet of the road when he pulled out a gun and fired repeatedly, in accordance with Sewell.

The first teenager was hit within the chest and the opposite two within the leg and buttocks. All three had been taken to hospital, however essentially the most significantly injured, who ought to have had “a bright future”, succumbed to her accidents, mentioned the top of the NYPD.

The different two youngsters had been hospitalized in steady situation.

There have been no arrests however police have CCTV footage and have promised that these accountable might be delivered to justice.

It was the second time in every week that younger folks in New York have fallen sufferer to stray bullets.

On March 31, a 12-year-old boy was killed in Brooklyn whereas he was consuming in a parked automotive. A 20-year-old girl was additionally injured in the identical automotive.

New York’s new Democratic mayor, Eric Adams, a former police officer, was elected in late 2021 on a pledge to deal with crime and the unfold of unlawful weapons within the metropolis of 9 million folks, the place crime has risen sharply for the reason that Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

In the primary quarter of 2022 the variety of shootings in New York elevated from 260 to 296 in comparison with the identical interval of 2021, in accordance with NYPD figures launched on Wednesday.

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