Girl, 15, wounded by stray bullet when gunfire erupts on Bronx street

A 15-year-old miss was wounded by a stray slug erstwhile gunfire erupted connected a Bronx street, constabulary said Tuesday.

The unfortunate was lasting with a radical of teens adjacent E. 183rd St. and Crotona Ave. successful Belmont  — astir 2 blocks from the Bronx Zoo — erstwhile changeable rang retired astir 6:45 p.m. Monday, cops said.

The teen was struck successful the buttocks arsenic she scrambled for cover. Medics took her to Jacobi Medical Center, wherever she was treated and released.

The shooter ran disconnected and has not been caught.

The miss is not believed to beryllium the intended target, a constabulary root said.

Cops connected Tuesday were scouring the country for surveillance footage that could assistance them place the shooter.

The gunplay comes arsenic cops successful the 48th Precinct tackle a 27% leap successful shootings this year.

As of Oct. 13, cops had investigated 28 shootings wrong the precinct boundaries, six much than by this clip past year, according to NYPD statistics.