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NEW YORK -- A woman who was shot in Times Square

during a Mother’s Day trip to New York City with her
family said that she prayed that her wound would not be
fatal. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events

“I was literally screaming on the floor, ‘I don’t want to die,

I don’t want to die, I have a 2-year-old,’” Wendy Magrinat,
a 23-year-old Rhode Island resident, told the Daily News.
“When I got shot, I told my husband to run because he had
my baby girl.”

Magrinat was one of three bystanders hit by bullets shortly

before 5 p.m. Saturday near West 44th Street and Seventh
Avenue. A 4-year-old girl from Brooklyn was shot in the
leg and a 43-year-old woman from New Jersey was shot in
the foot, police said. None of them is related to the others.
All were reported to be in stable condition.

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Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said during a Saturday

evening news conference that the victims were shot
following a dispute involving “at least two to four” people.
“It is during this dispute that at least one person pulls out
a gun," Shea said.

Police are still searching for a suspect. A video posted by

the Police Department on Twitter showed a person of
interest walking away from the scene.

Mayor Bill de Blasio called the shooting “senseless

violence” and promised that those responsible would be
brought to justice. “The flood of illegal guns into our city
must stop,” the mayor said on Twitter.

Magrinat told TV station WNBC that she will likely have a

bullet lodged in her leg for the rest of her life. “The doctors
said that they wouldn’t do any surgery or take out the
bullet, just because it would do more damage,” she said.

She told the Daily News that she “never thought would
happen in Times Square with so many families around,”
adding, "The person who did this is an insane person.”

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