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#Pregnant woman, 35, struck by stray bullet in NYC: cops

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“Pregnant woman, 35, struck by stray bullet in NYC: cops”

A pregnant woman was hit in the leg by a stray bullet while walking on a Bronx street Monday evening, cops and police sources said.

The 35-year-old — who is eight months pregnant — was blasted in the left calf around 7:40 p.m. on Grand Concourse near East 192nd Street in Fordham Manor, according to authorities and the sources.

She was not the shooter’s intended target, cops said.

An NYPD SUV is seen at the scene of the shooting on Grand Concourse near East 192nd Street in Fordham Manor. — The woman, who is eight months pregnant, was not the shooter’s intended target.

The taped-off scene where a pregnant woman was shot at Grand Concourse near East 192nd Street in Fordham Manor. — The woman was hospitalized in stable condition, cops said.

She was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition, authorities said.

The motive for the shooting, and the actual target of the gunfire, were not immediately known.

No information was available on a suspect.

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