It happened while the woman was walking to the grocery store.
A woman was killed when she was struck in the head by a stray bullet in Manhattan on Monday, police say. Sonia Rincon has the story.A woman was killed when she was struck in the head by a stray bullet in Manhattan on Monday, police say.
According to investigators, 64-year-old Valeria Ortegawas walking to the grocery store around 11:30 a.m. near the intersection of Dyckman Street and Vermilyea Avenue in Inwood when an unknown gunman opened fire from across the street.Police are looking for two people who fled on a scooter. Investigators say the shooter fired a gun from across Dyckman Street, possibly at somebody in a vehicle.The pair had lived in Inwood for more than 35 years and have three adult children together.
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