NYPD Searches For Scooter-Riding Gunman

LOWER EAST SIDE, NY — Police are still searching for the scooter-riding gunman who shot and wounded a woman on the Lower East Side early Sunday morning.

The NYPD released video footage of the suspected gunman on Monday afternoon. The surveillance video shows the man riding along a sidewalk on his scooter.

Police say the man was riding the electric scooter near 106 Rivington St. early on Sunday at about 4:50 a.m. when he shot the woman as she stood outside on the street. The woman, 26, was transported to the hospital for treatment of her injuries. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Police are searching for the man, who they have not identified.

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