By Associated Press - Saturday, August 19, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) - Police say a 1-year-old child sitting in his stroller has been grazed by a bullet in Brooklyn.

The toddler was with his mother and grandmother when he was struck by gunfire around 5:15 p.m. Saturday in the Brownsville neighborhood.

The gunshots also hit a 20-year-old man in the right thigh.



Both victims were taken to hospitals and are expected to survive.

Witnesses tell the Daily News (https://nydn.us/2uTFCsU ) that two men got into a fight before the gunfire erupted.

Police have made no arrests.

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Information from: Daily News, https://www.nydailynews.com

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