(CNN) A 12-year-old boy eating in a parked car in New York City was shot dead, and a relative seated with him was seriously injured, as people from two other vehicles exchanged gunfire Thursday night, police said Friday. It appears the boy and his relative, a 20-year-old woman who was in the driver's seat of the car, were mistakenly caught in the gunfire exchange in Brooklyn and were not targets, a New York Police Department spokesperson said Friday. Police are combing through surveillance footage and canvassing for video, a law enforcement official told CNN. ​The 12-year-old, seated in the front passenger seat, died after suffering multiple gunshot wounds​, including one to the head, police previously said. An 8-year-old girl in the car with the boy and woman was not injured, police said.

Source: CNN April 02, 2022 00:30 UTC