A 12-year-old girl and her 40-year-old mother were among six people wounded in a brazen shooting inside ... was used as a human shield by the “cowardly” intended targets Monday afternoon ...

A 40-year-old mother was one of six people shot in a New York City convenience store when one of the suspected targets of a "brazen and heartless attack" used her as a human shield, authorities said.

One of those victims, a mother, was used as a human ... shooting at a group of people in front of the convenience store,” NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said. Police said the intended targets ...