Girl shot to death in Brooklyn apartment building

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Girl killed in Brooklyn apartment building

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

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.

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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.