Woman, 64, dies from gunshot to head on Manhattan street

Dyckman Street and Vermilyea Avenue where woman was fatally shot Monday morning.
Dyckman Street and Vermilyea Avenue where woman was fatally shot Monday morning. Photo credit Google Maps

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A 64-year-old woman was fatally shot in Manhattan Monday morning, authorities said.

The victim, Valeria Ortega, was found by responding officers with a gunshot wound to her head around 11:30 a.m. at Dyckman Street and Vermilyea Avenue in Inwood, police said.

Ortega, who lived nearby on Academy Street, was transported to NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem where she was pronounced dead.

No arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing.

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