Woman, 69, using walker fatally struck by apparent stray bullet in broad-daylight NYC shooting: cops, sources

A 69-year-old woman using a walker was hit by a stray bullet in the face and killed in a broad-daylight shooting on an East Harlem sidewalk Wednesday, cops and sources said. 

The senior was fatally blasted around 12:25 p.m. at East 110th Street and Madison Avenue by a shooter who managed to flee the scene, authorities said. 

The woman, who is not believed to be the intended target, was rushed to Mount Sinai Morningside by EMS – but she could not be saved, cops said. 

No arrests have been made in connection to the deadly violence, and it was not immediately clear how many suspects were involved. 

Photos from the scene show the walker abandoned outside a C-Town supermarket at the corner, next to a pool of blood.

The motive for the shooting also remains under investigation. 

The chaos unfolded in the confines of the NYPD’s 23rd Precinct, where only two other homicides were reported this year, according to the latest data, updated Sunday. 

During the same period in 2024, seven people were killed in the precinct’s confines. 

Also as of Sunday, four people were reported shot in as many incidents within the precinct’s boundaries – down from nine people hurt in six shootings during the same time frame last year, the statistics show.