NEW YORK: A shooting in New York’s bustling Times Square on Saturday injured a four-year-old girl and two women, in the latest incident of gun violence in the city, police said. The shooting took place just before 5 p.m. local time (9 p.m. GMT), at the intersection of 7th Avenue and 44th Street, a NYPD spokesperson said. The three victims were a four-year-old child in a stroller, who was hit in the leg while her family was buying toys, a 46-year-old woman hit in the foot, and a 23-year-old tourist from Rhode Island hit in the leg. They were hospitalized in Manhattan, and their lives were not in danger, said New York police commissioner Dermot Shea, at a press briefing. Police issued an appeal for witnesses and released surveillance camera footage of a wanted man.

Source: Manila Times May 09, 2021 16:13 UTC