Girl, 5, grazed in ear by stray bullet amid gun battle outside Bronx deli 1%
By Kerry Burke36% Colin Mixson68%
5/14/2026, 1:33:08 AM
Topics: Nyc Crime
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A stray bullet fired during a caught-on-video broad daylight gun battle outside a Bronx deli struck a 5-year-old girl walking by with her mother, police said Thursday.
The little girl was holding her mom’s hand when three men pulled guns and started firing at a rival group near the Southern Blvd.
Gourmet Deli and Juice Bar in Longwood about 5:40 p.m.
Wednesday, police said.
The other group fired back and mom and child were caught in the crossfire as the rival groups took pot shots at each other on Southern Blvd. near Aldus St., cops said.
Portions of the shooting were caught on area surveillance cameras but no arrests have been made.
Cops recovered footage of three of the shooters opening fire on their rivals and released the images to the public on Thursday, asking anyone with information on their identities or whereabouts to come forward.
One of the bullets grazed the tot’s right ear and side of her head, cops said.
She was taken to Harlem Hospital, where she was treated for a minor wound.
Inside the deli, workers leapt for cover as bullets whizzed through the store.
“I heard the shots and I laid right down,” deli worker Hamood Ahmed, 25, told the Daily News.
“A bullet went through the glass in the door.
I was scared.
I’m just glad I’m alive.”
The shooters continued blasting away as the workers scrambled for cover.
“I jumped to the floor and covered myself,” said Ricardo Aquino Suarez, another deli worker.
“I didn’t want to catch a bullet.”
The little girl was conscious and appeared to be in shock as medics loaded her into an ambulance.
“I didn’t see her crying,” Suarez said.
“It was scary.”
The two groups ran off.
Cops recovered multiple bullets at the scene.
Cops on Thursday were trying to determine if the gunfight was connected to gang activity in the area, a police source said.
The three shooters caught on camera were last seen running south on Southern Boulevard toward E. 163rd St.
One was wearing a green headscarf or hat, a black sweater and black sweatpants pulled down slightly to reveal pink-and-red underwear.
He was carrying a brown backpack.
The second shooter was wearing a black sweater, black sweatpants and a black backpack while the third sported gray jeans, black sneakers and a black sweater with a white logo on the back.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.
All calls will be kept confidential.
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