Stephen Rex Brown The incident occurred at the Lower East Side II Houses.Five people taking target practice with a BB gun on Friday night were arrested for accidentally shooting a passerby in the leg, police reported.
The 44-year-old victim told the police that she was walking by 716 East Sixth Street at around 8:15 p.m. when she was struck, according to an NYPD spokesman. Police then canvassed the area and found a broken window on the third floor of the building between Avenues C and D, as well as a bottle on the windowsill, leading them to conclude that an errant BB had struck the woman.
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