A shocking incident occurred on a New York City street. A20-year-old woman who was pushing her baby stroller was shot in the head and killed yesterday[/B] Wednesday, police in that US city said.
The victim was taken to a hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Her child is unharmed, police added.
During a press conference near the scene of the tragedy in Manhattan's Upper East Side, the city's mayor Eric Adams asked for citizens' help in identifying the perpetrator.
"We will find the man responsible for this horrific crime. We will find him and he will be brought to justice," he said.
The woman was shot in the head by a gunman dressed in black, who approached her from behind. At this time no suspects have been arrested.
This is the latest in a series of attacks, many of which were random, against people on New York City streets and subways.
[/B][/B][/B]Meanwhile, New York state legislators will hold an emergency meeting today to relax gun control laws, following the Supreme Court's decision, as reported by Agence France-Presse and reported by the Athens News Agency.
Last week the Supreme Court, by a vote of 6 to 3, ruled unconstitutional a New York State law that restricted the right of citizens to carry concealed weapons in public places. It consequently gave New Yorkers the right to come out of their homes armed.
Immediately afterwards, Governor Kathy Hoke, a Democrat, called for an emergency session of the legislature to revise state law to comply with the Supreme Court ruling, though she warned that it would lead to more incidents of gun violence.
Today New York legislators will try to maintain as many gun restrictions as they can while adhering to the ruling. At the same time, they will also have to define what "sensitive areas" are where citizens will not be allowed to carry guns.
The Supreme Court has indicated that it will accept the designation of courts, schools and government buildings as "sensitive areas," but will not accept the designation being used broadly. In its ruling it clearly stated that MPs cannot designate all of Manhattan Island as "sensitive space."
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