3-Year-Old Girl Is Shot Through Wall by Murder Suspect Firing at Officers, Police Say

3-Year-Old Girl Is Shot Through Wall by Murder Suspect Firing at Officers, Police Say
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RIDGE, N.Y.—A 3-year-old girl was wounded when a bullet fired at police officers by a murder suspect pierced the wall of her New York apartment and hit her, police said Wednesday.

The man who shot the girl, 38-year-old Gary Jones, later took his own life after a standoff with police in the Long Island community of Ridge, Suffolk County police said in a news release.