A 7-year-old girl was struck by an apparent stray bullet in a broad daylight Monday shooting on a Harlem corner, authorities and sources said.
A bullet struck the youngster in the stomach as she was walking with her family at the intersection of West 145th Street and Bradhurst Avenue around 2:50 p.m., cops and sources said.
The gunfire seemed to have come from two young men at the next corner, according to the sources.
The girl – who did not appear to be the intended target – was rushed inside a police cruiser to Harlem Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition.
A neighbor said that the ambulance “took forever” to arrive so cops took the child to the hospital themselves as the girl’s sobbing male relative watched the police cruiser speed off.
The man, who has lived in the neighborhood for 20 years, was walking out of the New York Sports Club next door when he heard the gunfire and froze.
When he realized what had happened, he turned and saw the little girl on the ground and ran over to console her weeping relative, he told The Post.
He said she was “just a little girl” and looked like she was with her parents and sister.
The distraught man, who the neighbor believed was the father of the child, had to be held up by others as he cried out, “we were just walking” in disbelief, according to a video shot by a bystander.
After consoling the man, the neighbor said the gravity of the situation struck him and brought tears to his own eyes.
“I mean after all happened, I went up to my friends and I sobbed,” he told The Post. “I never seen anything like that. She was bleeding. It wasn’t a lot of blood, but it was blood.”
A pink children’s scooter, school supplies and loose articles of clothing were scattered on the sidewalk about two hours after the girl was shot.
Two male teenagers, 17 and 19, were taken into custody for weapon possession but investigators are working to determine whether there is probable cause to charge them with the shooting, sources said.
No information was immediately known on a motive for the gunfire.
The neighbor said that the part of Harlem where the girl was shot has changed in recent years and felt safer when the new amenity-rich luxury building featuring a Starbucks and other retailers was constructed. The building now has a bullet hole through its glass.
“When I first moved up here, it was sketchy because this building wasn’t here,” he said. “This was like an empty lot and a bar and there were always fights, but over the years, the area [changed]. I feel safe.”
