Belmont: 15-Year-Old Girl Stable following Shooting

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A POLICE VEHICLE IS seen at the site of a nonfatal shooting in which a 15-year-old girl was shot at East 183rd Street and Crotona Avenue in Belmont on Monday evening, Oct. 21, 2024.
Photo courtesy of the Citizen’s App

A 15-year-old girl has been hospitalized and is in stable condition after being shot on Monday evening in the Belmont section of The Bronx, police said.

A police spokesperson said that on Monday, Oct. 21, at around 6.46 p.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding a female who had been shot in the vicinity of East 183rd Street and Crotona Avenue.

“Upon arrival, officers observed a 15-year-old female with a gunshot wound to the buttocks,” they said. “Officers subsequently placed the aided female in a police vehicle and transported her to NYC Health and Hospitals/Jacobi in Morris Park, where she is currently listed in stable condition.”

They said there are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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