A woman was shot and killed while working as a construction-site flagger in a seaside Bronx community Wednesday, and her boyfriend witnessed the attack and chased the gunman down, police said.
The shooting happened around 12:30 p.m. on City Island, a small, normally tranquil residential island in Long Island Sound.
The 52-year-old woman was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital, police said.
The 67-year-old gunman tried to ride off on a bicycle, but the woman’s boyfriend chased after him in a car, hit him with it and beat him, police said.
The suspected gunman is in custody in a hospital, where he was taken with body trauma. Police are continuing to investigate and haven’t released his name or the charges he’s likely to face.
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