A 69-year-old woman died Wednesday after being shot in the face on a New York City street in broad daylight.
The woman was shot at the corner of 110th Street and Madison Avenue in East Harlem around 12:25 p.m., according to the New York Police Department.
The unidentified attacker fled. The woman was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. \
Crystal Grant told FOX 5 NY that she witnessed the woman being carried into an ambulance on a stretcher, and that everyone in the neighborhood began praying.
She stated that the victim was shot “in the middle of gunfire.”
“Mayor Adams, you said you would keep us safe in this community. “You’re focusing on the wrong things,” Grant said, referring to Mayor Eric Adams, who is facing a tough re-election campaign.
“When we lose our elderly, we lose our community,” she explained.
One witness stated that she was “shocked” that this occurred on 110th Street.
“For this to happen at 12 p.m.?” “It’s insane,” said another witness to the news station.
The victim’s name has not been released, and investigators have not disclosed a motive for the deadly shooting, the NYPD said.
