An 11-year-old girl was shot in the neck on a Brooklyn street last night by a thug firing at two gangbangers, police sources said.
Taylani Mazyck was hit by the stray bullet as she walked with her mom near her home on Gates Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant about 8:45 p.m., the sources said.
“Her mother said that she might be paralyzed,” said grandmother Sarah Mazyck, 67, adding that doctors said the bullet is lodged in the girl’s vertebrae.
“I am just torn with grief right now. I want her to live, but I am begging God to let her walk again.”
Kane Cooper, 17, allegedly fired at a Bloods gang member after the two got into a beef, police sources said.
He was taken into police custody last night after anti-crime cops recognized him from surveillance footage they located, police said.
They nabbed him on Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Madison Street after searching the area for Cooper.
“I’m so scared to be outside now. I hope she’s OK. She’s such a good girl,” friend Tanaya Montes, 9, said through tears.
“She’s always getting good grades in math,” said classmate Tarane Montes, 11, who heard the shots.
The girl was rushed to Kings County Medical Center in critical condition, and underwent surgery. She is recovering at Columbia University Hospital.
Cooper was charged with attempted murder, assault, criminal use of a firearm and reckless endangerment.