Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 05/16/07 ASBURY PARK Police are investigating the shooting of a 17-year-old city girl who was hit by a bullet Monday as she sat in the back seat of a vehicle, authorities said.
The girl, whose name was not released, was still in the hospital Tuesday, but her injuries were not considered life threatening, police said. Around 9:15 p.m. Monday, the girl was in the back seat of a vehicle that was also occupied by two other people. The driver pulled out of the parking lot of the McDonald's restaurant on Main Street and turned left onto Sixth Avenue, police said. As they headed east on the 800 block of Sixth Avenue, shots were fired into the vehicle, said Capt. David Kelso. The girl was struck in the shoulder, he said. Neither the driver nor the front-seat passenger was hit, Kelso said. Police are still trying to determine if the bullets were fired by someone who was standing on the street or who was in another vehicle. The investigation is being handled by city Detectives April Bird and Terry Williams, along with Detective Louis Zuppa of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. Anyone with information is asked to call police at (732) 502-5770 or the city's tip line at 1-800-799-828 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/