NYPD offers $10K reward after girl, 14, struck in neck in Queens triple shooting

NYPD offers $10K reward after girl, 14, struck in neck in Queens triple shooting
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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The NYPD on Tuesday announced a $10,000 reward for a triple shooting in Queens that left a 14-year-old girl critically injured and wounded two other teens.

Police said the reward is combined amount of $10,000 with up to $3,500 payable by CrimeStoppers upon arrest and indictment and $6,500 payable by NYPD upon arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for this incident.

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The teens were shot around 4:10 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27 on 188th Street, near 64th Avenue, in Fresh Meadows.

The 14-year-old girl and two 18-year-old men were walking together down the sidewalk when the four men approached them and became engaged in a verbal dispute, cops said.

One of the suspects pulled out a gun, and fired multiple shots, striking the girl in the neck. One of the 18-year-olds was shot in his body and the other in his leg, police said.

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The girl was rushed to Long Island Jewish Medical Center in critical condition.

The two men were taken to New York-Presbyterian Queens for non-life-threatening injuries.

The four wanted men fled in a dark gray sedan and were last seen heading northbound on 188th Street, police said.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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