Girl, 8, Grazed by Bullet While Walking Home from School in Bronx

She is expected to be OK.

Thursday, Feb 2, 2012  |  Updated 6:37 AM EDT
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Police in the Bronx are looking for a gunman after an 8-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet on her way home from school.  News4's Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

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Police in the Bronx are looking for a gunman after an 8-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet on her way home from school. News4's Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

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Police are looking for a gunman after an 8-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet as she walked home from school Wednesday afternoon in the Bronx.

The girl was hit near East 169th and Fox streets in the Morrisania section, where at least eight shots were reportedly fired.

She was grazed on the thigh and is expected to be OK.

The investigation continues.

Posted Feb 1, 2012
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