An 87-year-old woman was shot in the neck and an 18-year-old man was shot in the hip when bullets flew in the Bronx Friday \u2013 and three 16-year-olds have been arrested, police said.<\/p>\n
Gunfire rang out at East 224th Street and Barnes Avenue in the Wakefield neighborhood around 3:50 p.m. Friday, according to police.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The victims were both rushed to Jacobi Medical Center in stable condition, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gunshots rang out in the Bronx around 4 p.m. on Friday, leaving an 87-year-old woman struck in the neck, cops said. Kyle Mazza\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
Cops believe the woman was struck by a stray bullet, but it wasn\u2019t clear if the 18-year-old was an intended target, police sources said.<\/p>\n
Three 16-year-old boys were arrested Saturday in connection with the shootings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Two of them were charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of criminal possession of a weapon each, police said. The third teen was charged with criminal possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n
An 18-year-old was also shot in the hip by one of the bullets, police said. Kyle Mazza\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
Their names weren\u2019t released because they are minors.<\/p>\n
Last month, Jacob Freytes, the 12-year-old son of a retired NYPD sergeant, was killed by a stray bullet <\/a>while riding his bike outside a Bronx bodega. <\/p>\n