Elderly Woman Wounded in Bronx Shooting

It happened just before 4 p.m. Friday on East 224th Street and Barnes Ave. in the Wakefield section.

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A shooting in the Bronx left an elderly woman with a gunshot wound to the neck Friday afternoon. The incident occurred just before 4 p.m. in the Wakefield neighborhood at the intersection of East 224th Street and Barnes Avenue.

The 87-year-old victim was struck during what authorities are investigating as a violent crime in the densely populated New York City borough. Details regarding a suspect or motive remained unavailable at the time of the initial report.

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