Crime & Safety
8-Year-Old Girl Shot In Head Outside Brooklyn Popeyes, Police Say
Jermaine Larmon fired at a rival, missed his aim, and shot an 8-year-old girl in the head Monday night, said police.
UPDATE: Police released Jermaine Larmon after investigators discovered surveillance footage that proved he was somewhere else during the shooting, the Daily News reported.
CANARSIE, BROOKLYN — The man who shot an 8-year-old girl in the head during a wild shootout in Canarsie Monday has been arrested, said police
Jermaine Larmon, 27, was arrested Monday night after he pulled out a gun and shot at his rivals outside a Popeye's outpost on Flatlands Avenue near East 83rd Street around 5:30 p.m. Monday, said police.
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The bullet missed its target and hit an 8-year-old girl sitting in the backseat of a van that had stopped at a red light, police said.
Emergency responders rushed the little girl to an area hospital in serious but stable condition, police said.
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Larmon, who is expected to be arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court Tuesday, faces charges of attempted murder, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon, according to reports.
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