A New York City mom-of-two was shot to her left eye Monday evening after she heard a knock at the door and went looking through the peephole.
The incident occurred at around 7:40 p.m. when a 37-year-old woman went to answer the door after hearing knocks at her apartment’s door at the Frederick Douglass Houses on Columbus Avenue.
“There was a shot and then the woman was screaming. It was a single shot,” a neighbor said.
“She screamed. ‘Call 911! Call 911!’ it’s crazy. Nothing like this has happened in this building.”
Police said that the victim was in stable condition at Saint Luke’s Hospital. A neighbor said that she had been a resident of the building for 18 years and that she has twin baby boys.
“She’s a security guard, and she doesn’t mix with other people out here. She’s a good woman, a very good woman. She goes to work and takes care of her kids.”
