UWS Man Accused Of Shooting Woman In Head Nabbed: NYPD

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY - An Upper West Side man has been charged after police say he shot a woman in the head nearly a year ago, authorities said.

Avery Dunning, 36, of 400 West 61 St., was charged Tuesday with attempted murder, police said.

The shooting happened around 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 22 inside an apartment on the sixth floor of a building at 60 East 135th St., part of the Lincoln NYCHA development, police said.

The victim, a 41-year-old woman, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the stomach, thigh, and head. She was rushed to a local hospital where she was listed in critical condition, police said.

Anyone with information in regard to 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).