NEW YORK (PIX11) — Three people were killed in post-Christmas gun violence across New York City on Monday, according to authorities.
Police said a 26-year-old victim was found with several gunshot wounds around 4 a.m. in the Bronx. The man had been shot multiple times in the torso, police said.
He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. His identity hasn’t been released.
Several hours later, a 64-year-old grandmother was hit in the head by a stray bullet and killed in Inwood, police said.
Valeria Ortega was an innocent bystander when she was shot near Dyckman Street and Vermilyea Avenue around 11:30 a.m., officials said. Ortega was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Detectives believe someone in a Honda was shooting at two men on a scooter and Ortega was the sole innocent victim to be hit.
Ortega was on the way to a grocery store when she was shot and killed, her husband told PIX11 News. She lived just a few blocks from where she was killed.
Then later, a 29-year-old victim was found with a gunshot wound to the chest around 9 p.m. in the Bronx, police said. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. His identity hasn’t been released.
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