4-year-old grazed by stray bullet in overnight shooting on Upper West Side
NEW YORK - A 4-year-old was grazed by a bullet when shots rang out overnight on the Upper West Side.
The shooting happened shortly before 12:30 a.m. Wednesday near West 94th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
Police said a car pulled up and the gunman opened fire, hitting the child in the leg.
The boy was with his mother at the time, but she was not injured.
"When I got to the door right there, that's why I heard the mother screaming. So when I came, I seen the kid right there on the floor. He had blood all over him. So then when I came out, there's an ambulance standing right over there, so I ran to the ambulance and I told them that I heard some gunshots and there's a kid on the floor," a witness said.
A 35-year-old man was also grazed in the foot.
Police said the victims were all innocent bystanders, not the intended targets.
The 4-year-old was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
Police are looking for two suspects. Detectives say one drove off and the other ran away.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.
