NEW YORK — A man has been arrested after allegedly killing a woman and injuring two children in a shooting in the Bronx on Saturday.
Officers were sent to an apartment building at East 203rd Street and Valentine Avenue around 5 a.m. for a report of an assault.
When they arrived, they found a woman who had been shot multiple times in the torso, a 16-year-old boy who had been shot once in the buttocks and a 9-year-old boy who had been shot once in the arm.
All three victims were taken to local hospitals.
The woman was later pronounced dead. She has been identified as 40-year-old Saida Xiomara Bonilla Mejia.
Both children, who police say are Bonilla’s nephews, are in stable condition and expected to be OK. Police say they were not intended targets.
Neighbors said they heard yelling before the shooting and were in complete shock.
“For me, I’m safe between my door and here. But in reality, this is the first time I, I never thought someone’s gonna shoot in my building. I’ve been here for seven years, not this building, but in the city, and this is another thing that shocked me,” a neighbor said.