One week after a 69-year-old grandmother was shot and killed while walking to her East Harlem home after grabbing lunch, a person of interest was taken into custody by police.
The NYPD said its officers had a person in custody Thursday, just over one week after the Aug. 27 killing of Robin Wright, who was shot near 110th Street and Madison Avenue in East Harlem.
Friends of Wright said she lived across the street from where she was killed. She was walking home after picking up lunch from one of her favorite Chinese restaurants when she was shot in the face, police said.
“It wasn’t right. One minute she’s walking, I’m waiting, and the next minute, she’s dead,” said Sonya Hampton, who knew Wright. “I saw her on the ground and ain’t nothing you can do but to hold her hand and tell her that you love her.”
Witnesses said they heard at least a dozen shots, but they do not believe Wright was the intended target.
Images from the scene showed a solitary walker, which Wright needed to get around, along with blood on a corner that was taped off with police vehicles nearby. More than a dozen shell casings were picked up at the scene, sources said.
Police were looking for three men, all wearing black face masks, who were last seen fleeing on Madison Avenue.
The investigation is ongoing.
