Crime & Safety
Union Co. Woman Shot In Neck While In A Car On NYC Bridge: Police
A bullet sailed through the 21-year-old's passenger side door and hit her in the back of the neck Saturday night, NYPD said.
UNION COUNTY, NJ — A woman from Elizabeth was shot in the neck Saturday night while in a car on a New York City bridge, according to the NYPD.
The 21-year-old was sitting in the passenger seat and her 24-year-old husband was driving when the incident occurred on the Williamsburg Bridge at around 11 p.m., police said. Their four-year-old daughter was also strapped in the back seat of the silver Honda CRV at the time.
The husband called police at 10:52 p.m. to report the shooting and then drove her to Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, according to police.
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Police told ABC7 that the bullet penetrated the passenger side door and passed through the headrest of the vehicle. As a result, the woman suffered a graze gunshot wound to the back of her head and is in stable condition, police said.
The four-year-old was not injured in the shooting, police said.
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No arrests have been made, and the investigation into the shooting is ongoing, according to the NYPD.
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