Scituate Woman Describes Being Shot In NYC's Times Square

A Mother's Day weekend in New York City turned into a nightmare for a Rhode Island woman after she was caught in the path of gunfire and took a bullet.

23-year-old Wendy Magrinat of Scituate was one of three innocent bystanders shot in Times Square late Saturday afternoon. New York police said shots were fired during a dispute between a group of men.

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Magrinat was bleeding heavily and called 911 on her own cell phone. “I really thought I was going to die," the young mother told WLNE-TV. "I saw a police officer, and I screamed saying 'I’m shot, I have a two-year-old, I don’t want to die.'"

Magrinat told WPRI-TV that she was shopping with her two-year-old child and husband when she was shot in the leg. She was rushed to the hospital and is now recovering at home.

Also shot were a 4-year-old girl from Brooklyn and a 43-year-old woman from New Jersey. The victims are expected to recover.

WANTED in connection to shooting three people near West 44th Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan on May 8, 2021. @NYPDDetectives need anyone with information about the identity or whereabouts of this individual to contact @NYPDTips at #800577TIPS. All calls are anonymous. pic.twitter.com/qciBGCR6AK
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 9, 2021

The New York City Police posted video of a suspect and have asked the public for help in identifying him.