Crime & Justice

Video Shows NYC Woman Shot Point Blank in the Back of the Head in Broad Daylight

CHILLING

Nichelle Thomas was opening a shop door around 1 p.m. when a woman identified in reports as her ex-girlfriend ran up behind her and shot her in the head.

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Shocking video footage recorded Wednesday and published by the New York Post shows the moment a woman was shot point blank mid-afternoon in New York City. As Nichelle Thomas, 52, was about to open a shop door around 1 p.m., a woman ran up behind her, drew a gun, and shot Thomas in the back of the head. Thomas fell to the ground, and emergency responders later rushed her to Presbyterian Hospital nearby, where she succumbed to her injuries. Sources cited by the New York Daily News identified the suspected shooter as an ex-girlfriend, with whom Thomas is said to have had a “a big falling out” a few years ago.

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