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An innocent female bystander was among two people shot when an argument turned violent in Harlem on Tuesday afternoon, police and law-enforcement sources said.

Enta Diaw, a street vendor, took a bullet to her left leg around 3:30 p.m. at 215 W. 125th Street, cops and relatives said.

She was rushed to Harlem Hospital and is expected to survive, police said.

The other victim, 20, was shot in the right leg after he and the gunman got into a verbal dispute, police and sources said.

He was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital and also expected to live, police said.

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A picture of police taping a scene on W 125 st in NYC.
Police said two people were shot when an argument turned violent in Harlem on W 125 St. Robert Miller for NY Post
A picture of a woman in a store after a shooting on W 125 st in NYC.
According to police, one woman was rushed to Harlem Hospital after being shot in her left leg. Robert Miller for NY Post
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The suspect was still on the loose Tuesday evening, police said.

Diaw’s 19-year-old son, Omar Gaye, said he was “shocked” when his father told him his mother had been shot while working.

“She was selling hats and sunglasses,” Gaye told The Post outside Harlem Hospital. “She called my dad and said she was shot.”

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a picture of blood on the ground after a shooting on W 125 st.
The other victim was shot in the right leg after a verbal dispute with the gunman, sources said. Robert Miller for NY Post
A picture of an NYPD officer on the scene on W 125 ST.
Police said both victims are expected to live. Robert Miller for NY Post
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Gaye also decried gun violence in the Big Apple.

 “These are criminal people. We have to stop gun violence,” he said. 

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