NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The NYPD released surveillance footage Friday as they look to identify two individuals wanted in connection with a shooting that left a 12-year-old girl wounded in the Bronx earlier this week.
The shooting occurred around 8:25 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 12, by the Pearly Gates Playground on Tratman Avenue in Westchester Square.
According to officials, two individuals in a group of four displayed a firearm and fired multiple rounds, striking the 12-year-old victim in the torso and right foot. Multiple parked cars were also struck.
The group fled the scene on foot, traveling westbound on Tratman Avenue.
EMS transported the young victim to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi, where she was in surgery for several hours and in serious but stable condition.
The shooting is believed to be gang related, police said.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
