Girl shot to death in Brooklyn apartment building

The teenager was found in the lobby of the East New York building late on Monday night.

NEW YORK - The NYPD is investigating the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old girl in the lobby of a Brooklyn apartment building late Monday evening.

Police responded to a 911 call inside 790 Eldert lane in East New York. They found Raelynn Cameron of Queens with a gunshot wound to the chest.

EMS rushed her to Brookdale Hospital but it was too late to save her life.

Detectives are trying to determine if she was shot as a result of another person playing with a gun or if she might have been targeted.

Police did not find a gun at the scene. They were continuing an investigation and there were no immediate arrests in the case.