12-year-old girl injured in Bronx shooting, no arrests, NYPD says

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12-year-old girl hurt in Bronx shooting, NYPD says | What We Know

A 12-year-old girl is recovering Tuesday after she was shot multiple times in the Bronx, the NYPD said. Police sources said the child was not the intended target of the shooting on Tratman Avenue and no arrests have been made. FOX 5 NY's Dan Bowens has the latest. 

A 12-year-old girl is recovering Tuesday after she was shot multiple times in the Bronx, according to police. 

Child shot in Bronx

What we know:

The NYPD said it responded to a 911 call at around 8:30 p.m. Monday after gunfire erupted outside 2465 Tratman Avenue in Westchester Square. 

Officers found the 12-year-old girl shot in the torso and right leg. She was taken to Montefiore Hospital in stable condition. 

The girl was not the intended target, police sources told FOX 5 NY. 

No arrests have been made at this time. 

What we don't know:

The circumstances of the shooting are unclear, including whom the shooter was aiming at, according to investigators. 

There was no word on a possible suspect or suspects. 

What you can do:

Anyone with any information about the shooting is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Anonymous tips can also be submitted online here or on social media @NYPDTips.

The Source: This story was written with information from the NYPD's Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information (DCPI), and FOX 5 NY sources. 

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