A 3-year-old girl was shot Friday evening as her father was picking her up from a Brooklyn day care, police said.
The incident occurred just after 6 p.m. on Riverdale Avenue in Brownsville, according to police. The father and daughter were leaving a day care center when the gunshots rang out, and police helped bandage the wound to the child's shoulder before they rushed her to Brookdale Hospital in their cruiser, NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said at a press conference later in the evening.
The girl was treated and stabilized at the hospital.
Surveillance video from across the street shows the shooting on the Brooklyn street. NYPD officials say they're looking for a male suspect who opened fire outside the location, and have an image from him captured on security camera.
That man fled in a white 4-door BMW sedan driven by someone else, police said Saturday. They released an image of the vehicle and a description of the shooter, who wore a black mask, black hooded sweater with "waves" printed on the back, and black jeans. No arrests have yet been made.
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"Someone knows him. Help us catch him, before he shoots another child," Corey said.
A woman nearby said she heard the bullets start to fly.
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"I hear two shots and I see sparks fly, and then I run, because I don't know which side it's coming from. Then I hear three more and we see the little girl crying and the father holding the little girl, and I saw the blood coming from her shoulder," said witness Mavis Warner.
Police do not know who the gunman was firing at, but said it was not the young victim's father.
During the press conference after the shooting, Corey issued an emotional plea to the community.
"When do we come together as a community, and as a city, and say enough is enough?" the NYPD official said. "An 11-month-old child was shot two months ago. Last week, a 7-year-old child was shot. And tonight, a 3-year-old girl leaving a day care center with her dad was shot in broad daylight. Enough is enough."
