Updated: May 10 2021, 0:35 ET
M.L. Nestel
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THE female cop seen rushing a four-year-old toddler to safety after the child was hit by stray bullets in Times Square has been named
Alyssa Vogel was the officer who comforted Skye Martinez s traumatized mom after the tot was gunned down by a man who opened fire in the New York City tourist hotspot and made a heroic dash to help her.
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She comforted the mother and kept telling her to breatheCredit: Twitter/bigricanman
Heartwarming footage showed the brave NYPD officer cradling the little girl as she rushed her to safety after the terrifying gun rampage.
Police were called to the area near W. 44th St. and Seventh Ave. around 4:55 p.m. Both victims were rushed to Bellevue Hospital, and their wounds initially were not deemed life-threatening, said police.
Two women and a 4-year-old girl shot and wounded late Saturday afternoon in New York’s Times Square were innocent bystanders caught in gunfire that erupted out of an argument.
New York Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said the shooting happened just before 5 p.m. when two to four men were arguing near the corner of W 44th Street and 7th Avenue. One of them pulled out a gun and fired wildly, striking the three bystanders.
“It appears that the three individuals who were shot were not known to each other,” the commissioner said, “and it appears they were innocent bystanders.”