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The shooting took place after 11 p.m. in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Weeksville, the New York City Police Department told NBC News. A 32-year-old mother of two, Shalimar Birkett, was found in the street before being pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Birkett was reportedly shot in the head after a gunman, suspected to be a member of a gang, exited a vehicle and opened fire, according to
NYDN. Police say she was not the intended target of the shooting.
Earlier that day, 31-year-old Miles Bobbsemple was shot at the same location, at around 12:30 a.m. He was dropped off at the hospital after having been shot in the chest, police say. Sources told
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Rally held for bystander shot and killed at vigil for another shooting victim in Brooklyn UP NEXT
A rally was held Wednesday for the woman who was killed while at a vigil for another shooting victim.
She was attending a vigil for 31-year-old Miles Bobbsemple, who was shot and killed less than 24 hours earlier at a house party in Brooklyn.
Police believe both of them were innocent victims of gang violence. Birkett s mother also lost a son, Neyon Hamilton, to gun violence. I can t take it. I can t. I m going through too much, too much, Patricia Hamilton said. They take my daughter s life away. And I d like to see justice for my son Neyon. I just want to see them put away.