Crime & Safety
13-Year-Old Girl Shot Near Bed-Stuy Playground, Police Say
A stray bullet hit a teenaged girl near St. Andrew's Park in Bed-Stuy Wednesday night, according to police.
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — A teenage girl was shot near a Bed-Stuy playground Wednesday night, police said.
A stray bullet hit the 13-year-old girl as she sat on a park bench near St Andrew's Park on Herkimer Street and St. Andrew's Place just before 8 p.m., police said.
Emergency responders rushed the girl to Maimonides Medical Center and she is expected to survive her injury, said police.
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The girl was not the intended target and her shooter remained on the loose as of Thursday morning, police said.
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