Mom shielding kids is shot dead outside NYC school - The school's neighborhood, Brownsville, is located in southeastern Brooklyn and is among the most crime-plagued in the city. It's also where tens of thousands of people, mostly black and Hispani
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Mom shielding kids is shot dead outside NYC school
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By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press
Friday, October 21, 2011
(10-21) 16:36 PDT New York (AP) --
Someone with a gun opened fire on a street as students were let out of
school Friday afternoon, killing one parent who had tried to shield
children from harm and injuring an 11-year-old girl and another
parent, police and school officials said.
The shooting happened at about 2:30 p.m., and police were
investigating whether the shooter fired from a nearby rooftop where
shell casings were discovered.
A 34-year-old woman, who had hovered over students to protect them as
shots were fired, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 31-year-old
woman was hit in an arm and the chest and was hospitalized.
The 11-year-old girl, a sixth-grader at the Brooklyn school, injured
one of her arms and had a graze wound on her cheek. None of the
victims was related, police said.
The victims were on a street corner at the back of the elementary
school when the gunshots rang out, Department of Education spokeswoman
Margie Feinberg said.
It's unclear how many shots were fired. Seven shell casings from a 9mm
semi-automatic pistol were found on the nearby rooftop. Five other
shell casings were found on the sidewalk in the front of that
building, police said.
Three men were seen fleeing the scene, and police were questioning at
least one person. The shooter was being sought, and police offered a
$12,000 reward for information in the case, police spokesman Paul
Browne said.
The school's neighborhood, Brownsville, is located in southeastern
Brooklyn and is among the most crime-plagued in the city. It's also
where tens of thousands of people, mostly black and Hispanic men, are
stopped, questioned and frisked annually by police. Critics say the
men are being unfairly targeted, and only about 10 percent of stops
city-wide result in arrest.
Police say the tactic is a necessary crime-fighting tool that helps
get illegal guns off the streets.
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