Authorities said a 25-year-old woman was tragically shot in the head on a street corner in New York City’s East Village early on Thursday morning, close to busy Union Square and NYU dormitories.
At before 5 a.m., police responded to a 911 call and discovered the victim with a gunshot wound to her skull.
After being summoned and arriving on the site, EMS personnel declared the lady deceased.
On Thursday morning, when NYPD investigators conversed with one another at the site, a white sheet covered her corpse and was splattered with blood.
The lady was slain near the intersection of East 14th Street and Irving Place, according to authorities; her identity was withheld awaiting notification of her relatives.
The woman’s body was seen being loaded into a gurney, wrapped tightly in a black body bag and tightened with straps
The murder occurred on Irving Place, startlingly close to some bustling hubs of NYC’s East Village, including NYU’s University Hall dorms and Union Square, which has one of the busiest subway stations in the city
Other police officers collected evidence around the crime scene, including this bullet casing being placed into a clear evidence bag
Detectives stand at the scene and discuss the crime as the situation is still under investigation
The deceased was wrapped in a white sheet, but as time went on, the blood from the fatal head wound stained the linen.
An NYPD Crime Scene Unit tent was set up later in the morning to conceal the corpse from curious passersby.
The shooter was a “heavyset” black male, according to the police, who was dressed entirely in black and wearing a mask.
The search for a lady was also mentioned by the investigators, although they did not immediately provide a description or details regarding her involvement in the murder.
It is the second murder in the 13th precinct of New York in as many days after Jamal Burton, a 38-year-old East New Yorker, was stabbed to death close to Chelsea.
According to reports, Burton and his murderer got into a fight. As a result of the conflict, Burton’s murderer repeatedly stabbed him in the chest, killing him.
While murders and shootings have significantly decreased, serious crime in NYC has increased 36% over the previous year.
According to data from the NYPD, rapes rose 10%, from 892 to 989, and felonious assaults rose 19.5%, from 13,086 to 15,640.