Hoa Nguyen

htnguyen@lohud.com

GREENBURGH – Police are investigating a report that a bullet fragment from the Westchester County Police Revolver and Rifle League may have struck a woman standing in the back yard of a Birch Hill Road home.

The woman, who lives on Ardsley Chase but was at a Birch Hill Road residence, reported that about 4:30 p.m. Thursday, a flat circular object struck her leg, scratching it, police said. Members of the Ardsley Volunteer Ambulance Corp. treated her injuries at the scene, officials said.

The woman told police she believed the object was a bullet fragment that originated from the league's nearby shooting range at 693 Ardsley Road, police said.

Greenburgh police are investigating the incident and have sent the fragment to a ballistics lab for testing. Operators of the league, a not-for-profit organization not affiliated with police, have agreed to suspend firearm operations until the investigation is completed, officials said.

A man answering the league's telephone declined comment. The group has been around since 1941, and at one point was exempt from federal taxes but lost that status after failing to file the necessary documentation for three consecutive years, according to state and federal records.

While the shooting range, which sits in a steep rock quarry, has been operating for decades, the homes on Birch Hill Road, which sit high up from the quarry, were built only in the past few years, Greenburgh police Capt. Brian Ryan said.

"Of course it's a public safety concern," he said of the possibility a bullet fragment from the range being able to reach the homes.