A 41-year-old woman was shot in the face on a quiet East New York block before sunrise Wednesday, turning a residential stretch near 696 Georgia Avenue into an all-morning crime scene and leaving neighbors badly shaken. The gunfire rang out just after 4:30 a.m., and responding officers found the woman bleeding from her head and nose before realizing she had been shot. She was rushed to a nearby hospital and is expected to recover, though police had not yet said why she was targeted.
What we know
According to News 12 Brooklyn, officers discovered the victim shortly after 4:30 a.m., and EMS took her to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, part of the One Brooklyn Health system. Investigators locked down the block and stayed there for nearly 12 hours, canvassing for witnesses and combing the street for evidence. By midafternoon, officials had not released any further information about a possible suspect or what led up to the shooting.
Recent pattern in East New York
The gunfire fits into a troubling stretch for East New York, where multiple recent shootings have residents and community leaders on edge. In late April, a teenager was wounded in a separate incident on Livonia Avenue, part of a string of violent episodes in the neighborhood that was detailed in a report on a teen shot on Livonia Avenue.
Where the victim was treated
The woman was taken to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, which One Brooklyn Health lists on its locations page at One Brookdale Plaza in eastern Brooklyn. The facility regularly handles trauma cases from East New York and surrounding neighborhoods.
Investigation ongoing
As of Wednesday afternoon, police had not identified a suspect or announced a motive, and the investigation was still active. Detectives, News 12 Brooklyn reports, remained on the block for nearly half the day while they tried to piece together exactly how a pre-dawn shooting erupted on an otherwise residential stretch of Georgia Avenue.
