Cops: Gunman who hit girl, 5, fled in car

A Brooklyn gunman whose stray shot grazed a 5-year-old girl in the head was caught on surveillance video fleeing the scene in a car, police said Wednesday.

The NYPD released images of the four-door Nissan sedan and are asking the public’s help identifying and tracking down the shooter.

Shortly before 6 p.m. on Monday, the gunman stepped out of the car near Dumont and Montauk Aves. in East New York and fired six shots at a man nearby.

He missed his target, instead grazing the young girl, who was returning home from a shopping trip with her family and was about to start doodling with a piece of chalk she had in her hand.

“Everyone was getting out of the car. She got out of the car first. She had chalk, doing what kids do. And shots rang out,” said her dad, who didn’t give his name.

“She turned and felt the pain,” he added. “I’m disgusted by the whole neighborhood. It put like a slice on her head.”

The girl was treated at Brookdale University Hospital and released later that day.

“Couple of inches over, thank God, we would have had a horrific incident,” NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said.

The victim’s father echoed that sentiment. “Don’t get me thinking about it. I don’t know how to feel. I guess I feel lucky,” said the dad, who owns a small business in the area. “One millimeter, 1 centimeter another way, and who knows?”

Before her brush with death, the little girl spent the weekend hiking with her family. She celebrated her fifth birthday this past Friday.

The victim was in pain — and fear — after her release from the hospital, her dad said.

“My daughter said her head hurt. She’s aware of what happened, and she knows the neighborhood,” he said. “We have to find somewhere else to live.”

When asked about the shooting and other instances of violence that have recently gripped the city, Mayor de Blasio suggested otherwise, saying that New Yorkers are not afraid to walk the city’s streets. “I’ve talked to New Yorkers all over the city. They are focused on this city coming back. I do not believe New Yorkers live in fear. It’s just not who we are,” de Blasio said Wednesday.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.