{"id":136810,"date":"2026-02-17T23:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/136810\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T23:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:50:11","slug":"innocent-bystander-shot-in-leg-in-ridgewood-queens-police-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/136810\/","title":{"rendered":"Innocent bystander shot in leg in Ridgewood, Queens: police sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police are searching for the gunman who shot a woman outside a business in Queens on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers say the victim, a 23-year-old woman, was on Wycoff Avenue in the Ridgewood section just before 3 p.m. when someone shot her in the leg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police sources told Eyewitness News that the victim was an innocent bystander.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She was taken to a hospital in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story will be updated as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/queens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:More Queens news;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">More Queens news<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/7ny.tv\/submitnewstip\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Send us a news tip;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Send us a news tip<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts<\/a> <br \/>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrlIS7z20CnVaCrMvdkig_g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Follow us on YouTube;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Follow us on YouTube<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Submit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness News<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/image-video-solicitation-and-rights-terms-of-use\/5101040\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:terms of use apply.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">terms of use apply.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are searching for the gunman who shot a woman outside a business in Queens on Tuesday. Officers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[1872,9,24,63,9548,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-136810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-eyewitness-news","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-police-sources","13":"tag-queens","14":"tag-queens-headlines","15":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}