5-year-old girl shot in the back, injured in the Bronx
NEW YORK -- A 5-year-old girl is hospitalized in critical condition after she was shot in the Bronx on Friday.
It happened just after 7 p.m. at East 214th Street and Holland Avenue in the Williamsbridge section, where people were gathered at a vigil for another shooting victim.
Sources said the vigil was for a man who died early Thursday morning. It was not immediately clear who the target of Friday's shooting was, police said.
Police said the girl was sitting in a car with her father when she was shot in the back. The man drove to East 213th Street and White Plains Road and pulled over for help, police said.
"He was carrying the daughter and she was shot behind her back, that's the only thing that I saw. And he was crying, 'Police, police, police, police! Help, help!' Two policemen came right away, and they took them to the hospital," said witness Zoila Peguero. "I was really nervous because I have my kids ... It's really shocking."
Deli worker Nick Alzabidi said the little girl had been in the deli shortly before the shooting.
"She was in the store with her mom, like she came buying some ice cream. She was so nice and was respectful, and she just left, and five minutes later, we hear the shot," said Alzabidi.
It was not immediately clear if the girl and her family were attending the vigil or just driving by, according to police.
No arrests have been made in either shooting.
