Young girl shot in Dyker Heights apartment
A 14-year-old girl was shot while playing with a nine-year-old boy in Dyker Heights on Friday, March 20, according to cops.
Police responded to a 911 call from a second-floor apartment near 12th Avenue and 71st Street just past 6 p.m.
According to an e-mail sent out by the 68th Precinct, “somehow, the nine-year-old found and started playing with a 22. caliber rifle. The rifle went off and the female was shot in the shoulder.”