Person of interest arrested in Upper West Side shooting – Telemundo New York (47)

NEW YORK – A person of interest is in custody in connection with Thursday’s shooting on the Upper West Side that sent commuters into a panic. of the subway that had to hide under the seatssaid the New York Police Department.

Police have not released the name of the person detained or what their relationship may be to the victim.

Troopers responded to a call about a shooting near West 69th Street and Columbus around 9:15 a.m. Thursday and found a 47-year-old man with gunshot wounds to his leg and shoulder. He was taken to hospital and is expected to recover.

It is unclear whether the victim previously knew the alleged gunman, who police say ran toward the subway station at Central Park West and 72nd Street. Images posted on the Citizen app showed that the immediate area was cordoned off. Shattered glass covered the area around the bus stop and a bullet hole could be seen in the door of an apartment building directly behind the stop.

Surveillance video showed people running down the sidewalk and breaking into businesses immediately after the shooting. Police helicopters flew over Central Park to search the area for the suspect.

The city’s Office of Emergency Management issued an advisory warning to residents that there will be delays and changes in service on the southbound A, B, C and D trains between 72nd Street and 110th Street in Manhattan. More than half a dozen lines were delayed until Thursday evening.

A law enforcement source confirmed that the shooter was a man seen on video wearing a green jacket and a light-colored hat. He was seen walking toward 69th Street minutes before the shooting and was seen again leaving a computer repair store around the corner, sources said.

Inside this store is where the suspect got into a fight with the victim and then followed him as he ran outside, according to multiple law enforcement sources. The employees of the store said that the man who was killed was the business.