A 32-year-old mother was fatally shot Tuesday outside a Brooklyn hospital ~ My Fun World

Tuesday 11 December 2012

A 32-year-old mother was fatally shot Tuesday outside a Brooklyn hospital

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Police are investigating the shooting death of Shalima Gaskin, who was shot outside of Brookdale Hospital early this morning for no apparent reason. HERE, her mother Tanya Gaskin (l) and aunt Lila Evans, can't believe the young mother of three is dead. Dec. 11 2012.

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Police are investigating the shooting death of Shalima Gaskin, who was shot outside of Brookdale Hospital early Tuesday morning. Her mother Tanya Gaskin (l) and aunt Lila Evans, can't believe the young mother of three is dead.

A 32-year-old mother was fatally shot Tuesday outside a Brooklyn hospital where her 8-year-old daughter was being treated for asthma, police sources said.

Shalema Gaskin was with her daughter and the child’s father at Brookdale University Hospital when she left to check on another child at her Kings Highway apartment a block away shortly before 3:15 a.m., sources said.

The father stayed at the 8-year-old’s bedside.

A short time later, a passerby saw Gaskin bleeding from a bullet wound to her neck behind the hospital E. 98th St. and Hegeman Ave., police said.

Gaskin was rushed into the emergency room, but she could not be saved.

Investigators were still trying to determine why Gaskin was shot. Sources said robbery did not appear to be a motive as all of her belongings were found next to her body.

No arrests were immediately made.