#Stray bullet flies through girl’s bedroom during Harlem gunfight

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A stray bullet went through child’s bedroom in Harlem on Fourth of July around 3:20 p.m.
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A stray bullet zoomed into a young girl’s Harlem bedroom on the Fourth of July as one of the dozens of gun battles logged that night raged on the street below, cops said.

Multiple people fired off several shots around 3:20 p.m. on the holiday, striking at least three vehicles and the front doors of two apartments on Amsterdam Avenue near West 134th Street, cops said.

Another bullet made its way into a child’s bedroom nearby, cops said. Luckily, the girl, whose age was not released, wasn’t in the room at the time, according to police. It was unclear how the round entered the room where it was later recovered.

“Every time you hear about a shooting, think about this stray bullet that made it into the bedroom of a precious little girl,” the NYPD’s 30th Precinct tweeted. “Thankfully no one was hurt. Thank you to our cops and detectives for arresting one of the persons responsible. #disgraceful”

Dawon Brown, 31, of Queens, was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment, according to police.

“I heard two shots but I thought it was firecrackers at first,” a local shopkeeper told the Post Tuesday. “When I realized what was happening, I went to the door and looked out. I saw a bullet hole on the side of a car parked near the corner.”

A street vendor said it all happened so fast that he couldn’t make out the faces of the people involved.

“They were wearing white T-shirts and shorts,” he said. “One man was walking behind the other one. I heard the shots – two or three – but I didn’t see the gun. It was too fast, too fast.”

The incident came amid a surge in shootings citywide.