Teen hit by stray bullet in NYC home while doing homework

2022-08-20 05:11:02 By : Mr. Jay Zheng

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A 15-year-old girl was struck by a stray bullet that flew through a window into her Queens home late Tuesday — and appeared to take the harrowing incident in stride.

The teen was doing homework in the dining room of her house on 113th Road near 205th Street in St. Albans around 11 p.m. when a bullet whizzed through the front window.

On Wednesday, she posted an endearing note on her front door for reporters.

“Hey besties, girl who got shot here! I have no comment,” the handwritten note states.

“Come back after the Regents for a statement,” she added, referring to the statewide tests that all city students are required to take.

The teen was struck once in the right shin, cops said. 

Her father called 911, and reported he heard multiple gunshots being fired outside his home before his daughter was shot, the sources said. 

Three bullet holes were discovered on the front door, according to the sources.

One of the bullets arched into the doorway, missing the teen, police sources said. 

The teen was taken to Cohen Children’s Medical Center, where she underwent surgery and was discharged later Wednesday, according to family and police.

Footage from a neighbor’s home surveillance system shows three suspects pull out guns and open fire before fleeing toward Francis Lewis Boulevard, sources told The Post. 

Twenty-one 9mm shell casings, as well as five fired bullet fragments, were recovered on scene. 

No arrests have been made, and police have not identified any suspects.

The motive for the shooting, and the intended target, were both unknown Wednesday morning.

“New Yorkers must be safe in their own homes, ” Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell tweeted. “Every NYPD resource is being utilized to find those responsible for the shooting on 113th Rd. in Queens last night that resulted in a 15-year-old girl being struck and injured while in her dining room.”

The shooting comes just over a week after 72-year-old grandmother and retired librarian Margaret Henry was struck in the arm by a stray bullet in her South Ozone Park home.