NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A 15-year-old girl was shot and wounded on a Bronx street corner Monday evening, police said, as sources confirmed she was a bystander hit by a stray bullet.
The girl was standing with a large group of people at East 183rd Street and Crotona Avenue in Belmont, a couple blocks from the Bronx Zoo, around 6:45 p.m. when gunfire erupted.
The girl was struck in the buttocks as five shots were fired into the crowd, according to sources, who confirmed she was not the intended target of the shooting.
She was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi, where she was in stable condition.
No arrests were reported as the investigation continued.