Mother murdered outside Brooklyn hospital

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Who killed a young mother as she left a hospital early Tuesday morning? That is the question that NYPD is trying to answer.

Police say 32-year-old Shalema Gaskin was killed behind Brookdale Hospital at the corner of Hegeman Avenue and East 98th Street in the Brownsville section just after 3 a.m.

Gaskin was shot in the neck. She was taken back into the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Authorities say Gaskin had taken her 8-year-old child to the hospital after the child had an asthma attack Monday night.

Detectives were looking into who knew she went to the hospital, but at this point they have no suspects and no apparent motive.

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