Teenage Girl Shot In Harlem: NYPD

HARLEM, NY – A 15-year-old girl was shot in Harlem at about 8:20 p.m. on Wednesday, an NYPD spokesperson told Patch.

Officers responded to a 911 call regarding a shooting near 2430 7th Avenue, but found the victim - who had fled the scene - almost a mile away near West 130th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue.

Emergency responders transported the girl to Harlem Hospital, where she’s in stable condition after being treated for a gunshot wound to her right thigh.

No information about her attacker is available. Ballistics were recovered on scene, officials said.

No arrests have been made and an investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crimestoppers website athttps://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on X @NYPDTips. All calls are confidential.