Teen girl doing homework struck by stray bullet in Queens home: cops

A 15-year-old woman was struck by a stray bullet that flew into her Queens house as she did her homework late Tuesday, based on cops and police sources. 

The teenager was engaged on assignments inside her home on 113th Street close to 205th Avenue in St. Albans round 11 p.m. when pictures had been fired throughout the road – and the gunfire inadvertently entered her house, cops and the sources mentioned. 

The teenager was struck as soon as in the fitting shin, cops mentioned. 

Her father known as 911, and reported he heard a number of gunshots being fired exterior his house earlier than his daughter was shot, the sources mentioned. 

Three bullet holes had been found on the entrance door, based on the sources.

The teenager was taken to Cohen Youngsters’s Medical Heart, the place she was listed in steady situation, police mentioned.

Footage from a neighbor’s house surveillance system reveals three suspects pull out weapons and open fireplace earlier than fleeing towards Francis Lewis Boulevard, sources informed The Submit. 

Twenty-one 9mm shell casings, and nicely as 5 fired bullet fragments, had been recovered on scene. 

No arrests have been made, and police haven't recognized any suspects.

House with police car in front
Three bullet holes had been discovered on the entrance door of the Queens house, based on police sources.

Robert Mecea
Bullet hole on door.
The teenager was engaged on assignments inside her home on in St. Albans about 11 p.m., when pictures had been fired throughout the road – and the gunfire inadvertently entered her house.
Robert Mecea

The motive for the taking pictures, and the meant goal, had been each unknown Wednesday morning.

“New Yorkers should be secure in their very own houses, ” Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell tweeted. “Each NYPD useful resource is being utilized to seek out these liable for the taking pictures on 113th Rd. in Queens final night time that resulted in a 15-year-old woman being struck and injured whereas in her eating room.”

The taking pictures comes simply over every week after 72-year-old grandmother and retired librarian Margaret Henry was struck within the arm by a stray bullet in her South Ozone Park house. 

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