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Crime in NYC: A mother who was walking her 3-month-old baby in a stroller is shot and killed


The gunman, dressed entirely in black, fled on foot down East 95th Street.

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A young mother walking her 3-month-old baby in a stroller was fatally shot Wednesday night on an Upper East Side street.police sources said.

The 20-year-old woman was shot in the head. of a suspect who approached him from behind on Lexington Avenue and East 95th Street around 8:20 p.m., as first disclosed The New York Post.

The woman was rushed to the Metropolitan Hospital where she was declared dead, she assured the media, however, the baby was unharmed.

It also transpired that the gunman, dressed entirely in black, fled on foot down East 95th Street, information that was later corroborated by New York Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell.

A shell casing was recovered at the scene and police are scouring the area for video, sources told the Post.

Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell later confirmed this information. at a press conference at the scene of the shooting.

“We are going to find the person responsible for this horrible crime and bring him to justice. We will continue our work to remove guns from New York, but we need help from Washington and the state,” Mayor Adams said at the conference.

For his part, Keechant Sewell said that this crime is under investigation, and asked New Yorkers who have information about the event to contact the authorities.


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