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VIDEO: Gunman Shoots at Jamaica Home, Striking Woman Asleep Inside

By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska | March 21, 2017 6:19pm

QUEENS — A gunman opened fired on a woman's Jamaica home, piercing a window and striking her in the leg as she slept inside, police said.

The 27-year-old victim was in her bed when a man, whose image was captured on surveillance video, pulled out a gun and began firing toward her home on 171st Street near 105th Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, officials said.

It was not immediately clear how many shots he fired, but at least one bullet shattered the window and hit the victim in the right leg, officials said.

The woman was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition, police said.

The suspect, who was last seen wearing a gray hoodie, gray pants and black sneakers, fled in an unknown direction, authorities said.

The motive behind the shootings was not immediately clear, police said Tuesday.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).