Shooting in Times Square: two women and a four-year-old girl were injured. A man opened fire in the central square of New York, one of the most famous in the world, at the intersection of 7th Avenue and 44th Street. A sector of the square has been closed. The three affected people, admitted to a Manhattan hospital, are not in danger of life: they are a 23-year-old woman from Rhode Island shot in the right thigh, a 43-year-old woman from New Jersey who was injured in her left foot and a 4-year-old girl from Brooklyn shot in the left leg. None of them are connected to the reasons for the shooting, which broke out, according to an initial police reconstruction, after a man who was arguing with three other people pulled out a gun and started shooting in the crowd on Saturday night, around 5 pm. local (11 pm in Italy).
The man on the run
The man who shot would be on the run. “Fortunately, these innocent bystanders are in stable condition,” tweeted Mayor Bill de Blasio. “The perpetrators of this violence are wanted and the police will bring them to justice. The river of illegal weapons arriving in New York must stop, ”he added. With the pandemic, and the closure of theaters, Times Square, one of the busiest tourist spots in the world, has seen an increase in violent crime.
May 9, 2021 (change May 9, 2021 | 03:37)
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