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Woman Wanted for Pulling Gun on Teen that Bumped into Her on Sidewalk

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Third Squad detectives are investigating an incident that occurred on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at 5:00 pm in Westbury.

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Westbury, NY - December 24th, 2014 - Third Squad detectives are investigating an incident that occurred on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at 5:00 pm in Westbury.

According to detectives, while walking eastbound along the sidewalk with her friends in front of 467A Old Country Road, the 13 year old victim accidentally bumped into a female black subject (no further description) who was walking in the opposite direction and said “Excuse me”. The subject withdrew a black handgun and placed it up to the victim’s neck and stated, “What did you say?” After repeating, “Excuse me”, the subject left the scene and continued down the sidewalk.

Detectives request anyone with information regarding this incident to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.