Overview

• A 42-year-old woman was struck in the back by a pellet gun while holding her 2-month-old baby in Old Town, Staten Island on Friday evening.
• The infant was unharmed, and the woman, who refused EMS care, is in stable condition.
• The unidentified shooter fired from a silver sedan and fled the scene heading west on Evergreen Ave.
• Authorities have not yet determined whether the attack is being treated as a hate crime, urging the public to provide tips via Crime Stoppers.
• This incident comes after a series of pellet gun attacks in Brooklyn last month, targeting members of the Hasidic community in a suspected hate crime spree that led to three arrests.