Overview

• Police say the shooting occurred around 12:25 p.m. at East 110th Street and Madison Avenue in East Harlem.
• The 69-year-old was struck in the face, taken to a hospital, and pronounced dead at Mount Sinai.
• The attacker fled the scene, and detectives are conducting an active search with no arrests reported.
• Authorities have not released the victim’s name or any description of a suspect, and what led to the gunfire remains unclear.
• Witness Crystal Grant described neighbors praying as the woman was carried to an ambulance and voiced frustration with city leadership.