Overview
- Police arrested a 15-year-old on Friday and charged him with attempted murder after Wednesday’s Longwood street shootout wounded a 5-year-old girl.
- The child, who was walking with her mother on Southern Boulevard near Aldus Street, was grazed in the ear and is in stable condition at Harlem Hospital.
- Detectives say the girl was not the target, and surveillance video shows a group sprinting as at least one gunman fires while running.
- Officers released suspect images on Thursday and are still seeking two people seen fleeing toward East 163rd Street, with tips requested through Crime Stoppers.
- At least six shots shattered a deli’s glass door as police recovered shell casings, and community leaders and business groups vowed safety actions as the family warned of lasting trauma.