A young girl was shot multiple times after getting caught in the crossfire of a possible gang shootout in the Bronx on Monday night, according to authorities and sources.
The 12-year-old girl was shot in the torso and the right foot in front of a building on Tratman Avenue between Rowland Street and St. Peters Avenue in Westchester Square around 8:30 p.m., according to the NYPD.
The unidentified child is not believed to have been the intended target of the gunfire, and cops are probing whether she was caught in the crossfire of a gang-related shooting, sources said.
She was taken by a private vehicle to Montefiore Hospital in serious but stable condition, police said.
Police have not made any arrests yet, and an investigation remains ongoing.
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