Mother Shot In Leg While Pushing 2-Year-Old In Stroller In The Bronx

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police are searching for a gunman who opened fire and injured a young mother in the Bronx on Thursday.

It happened on Broadway and West 225th Street around 6 p.m.

Surveillance video shows the moment the 26-year-old woman was shot in the leg while pushing her 2-year-old daughter in a stroller.

A witness came to her aid, covered her wound with his sweater and carried her to a car.

Police say she was an innocent bystander.

She was taken to a local hospital and is expected to be OK.

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