Two women fatally shot on UES just a block from Gracie Mansion
Two women were fatally shot on the Upper East Side of Manhattan Friday morning as a baby sat in the backseat of a car nearby, cops and sources said.
The apparently domestic-related incident between a woman and her former daughter-in-law unfolded minutes before 9 a.m. on East 88th Street near York Avenue — just a block from Gracie Mansion, according to police and sources.
One woman, the daughter-in-law, was pronounced dead at the scene while the other was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where doctors declared her dead on arrival, sources said.
Two women were fatally shot on the Upper East Side of Manhattan Friday morning as a baby sat in the backseat of a car nearby, according to officials.
The mother-in-law’s grandson – a 1-year-old boy – was sitting in the backseat of a car at the time, but it’s unclear whether the deadly violence happened inside the car or outside, sources said.
“I heard yelling, and then I heard shots. I jumped into my doorway for cover,” a witness told The Post as sirens blared around him.
“And then I looked and I saw the lady with the white hair fall onto the sidewalk. I thought something might have happened down by Gracie Mansion and she was hit by a stray bullet,” he continued.
“But then when I went closer, I saw there was another woman lying behind the car who was also shot,” he added. “There was a 4-year-old child in the car. I called 911. The police responded immediately, and EMS.”
The witness said the woman on the sidewalk appeared older, and more seriously injured, possibly having been shot in the head.
The younger woman in the street was “slightly breathing at the time,” he recounted.
