Woman injured in shooting while waiting for bus on busy Brooklyn street

EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A 39-year-old woman was injured in a shooting as she waited for a bus on a busy commercial strip in Brooklyn.

Broken glass covered the bus shelter where she waited on Church Avenue in East Flatbush around 7 p.m. Sunday.

The bullet struck her in the right leg. Doctors expect her to survive.

It appears the woman was the victim of a bullet intended for someone else.

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