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Woman shot in chest and back found on South Jamaica street

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Updated  December 17, 2021 8:50am EST
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FOX 5 NY

NYPD lieutenant in critical

A police lieutenant who was shot while off-duty was in critical but stable condition on Thursday evening.

NEW YORK - A woman was found with multiple gunshot wounds lying on the street in front of her home in South Jamaica early Friday, said police.

The NYPD responded to a 911 call at 6:21 a.m. about Dawn Peterson, 39, lying on the ground in front of 155-37 Foch Boulevard near Baisley Park. She had gunshot wounds to the chest and back.

EMS responded and rushed Dawn Peterson, 39 to Jamaica Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

A police investigation into her death was underway. 

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The NYPD responded to a 911 call at 6:21 a.m. about the woman lying on the ground in front of 155-37 Foch Boulevard near Baisley Park. She had gunshot wounds to the chest and back.

The NYPD responded to a 911 call at 6:21 a.m. about the woman lying on the ground in front of 155-37 Foch Boulevard near Baisley Park. She had gunshot wounds to the chest and back. (FOX 5 NY)

A day earlier, cops swarmed Woodside, Queens after an off-duty lieutenant was shot multiple times outside a nightclub. He was in critical but stable condition. The officer fired back shooting and killing one of the suspects. 

A manhunt was underway for as many as three other suspects.

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