Two teen suspects have been charged in the Harlem stray-bullet shooting of an innocent 7-year-old girl walking down the street with her dad, police said Tuesday.
Daniel Idowu, 19, is charged with attempted murder and gun possession, police said. A 17-year-old boy, whose name was not released because he is a minor, is charged with attempted murder.
The suspects were taken into custody shortly after the 2:52 p.m. Monday shooting near a Starbucks at W. 145th St. and Bradhurst Ave. They made no statements and both asked for a lawyer, police sources said.
The young victim needed emergency surgery at Harlem Hospital to remove the bullet. She is expected to recover.
“She’s OK now,” a relative who declined to give her name told the Daily News Tuesday morning. “She’s doing fine. She’s still in the hospital.”
The father told cops he was walking with his daughter when he heard the shots and he started to run with his child. He picked her up and realized she had been hit in the stomach. He lay her on the ground and shouted for someone to call 911.