A shooting in New York’s Upper East Side on Wednesday night left a 20-year-old dead.
The shooting occurred at East 95th St and Lexington Ave in Manhattan when the woman was pushing a 3-month-old baby into a stroller around 8:30 p.m. ET.
The victim was taken to hospital and was pronounced dead an hour later, NYPD commissioner Keechant L. Sewell told a news conference at 10:30 p.m.
The woman was shot by an “unknown” suspect “at close range,” Sewell said.
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NYPD officers are investigating a crime scene in the Upper East Side after a woman was pushed and killed pushing a pram. (WNYW)
The commissioner said the suspect, described as a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and sweatshirt, ran east at 95 after shooting the woman once in the head.
He said no arrests had been made.
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A shooting in New York’s Upper East Side on Wednesday night left a woman dead. (Citizen)
“We will find this person guilty of this heinous crime,” New York Mayor Eric Adams told a news conference. “We will find him and bring him to justice; to make sure that this innocent man receives this justice.”
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NYPD officials are investigating a crime scene on the Upper East Side after a woman who was pushing a baby stroller was shot and killed. (WNYW)
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A shooting in New York’s Upper East Side on Wednesday night left a woman dead. (Citizen)
New York Mayor Eric Adams stands next to Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell during a press conference at 10:30 p.m. (WNYW)
Adams added that he had spent his entire day before the shooting dealing with the “proliferation” of guns in the streets before the shooting “and how there is no fear of using these guns on innocent New Yorkers. And that is the result of that. ”
The baby was reportedly unharmed during the shooting.
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