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Baltimore Woman Shot, Daughter Pistol-Whipped & Robbed Outside Queens Hotel
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Emma Whitford
Published Jan 22, 2016
Modified Jan 22, 2016
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Published Jan 22, 2016
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A 53-year-old woman was shot in the stomach outside of a Hampton Inn in Queens on Thursday night, while attempting to defend her daughter from a robber. According to the NYPD, the suspect pistol-whipped the 20-year-old woman in the head before her mother intervened.
The 53-year-old victim, identified by the News as Andrea Koller of Maryland, remains in critical condition at Jamaica hospital. The NYPD confirmed that the victim and her daughter were visiting NYC from out of town.
Koller and her daughter arrived at the Hampton Inn at 144-10 135th Ave near JFK airport shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, according to the NYPD. Koller exited her vehicle to inquire about a room, leaving her daughter in the passenger seat. While Koller was inside, a man opened the driver-side door, demanded money, and hit the daughter in the head with his firearm. The Post reports that the man also stole her rings.
Police say Koller ran to her daughter's aid, and "struggled" with the man. The suspect then shot her once in the torso before fleeing the scene in a Volkswagen Jetta with her purse and cellphone. No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.
An NYPD spokesman said that there may have been an accomplice in the getaway car.
The Hampton Inn declined to comment.
Surveillance footage acquired by the Post shows the suspect's Jetta following the victim's vehicle into the parking lot before the attack.
Both the Post and the News also note that Andrea Koller, an English language teacher in the Baltimore public school system, published a letter to the editor in the Baltimore Sun in 2013, decrying gun violence.
"We cannot cling to the naïve belief that we are safe merely because someone runs a background check on a gun buyer," Koller wrote. "Guns change hands and the simple truth is, more guns in more hands means more gun-based crimes."
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