New York – 4-year-old girl and two women shot dead in Times Square, NYPD announces

Manhattan, Saturday, May 8, 2021 ((rezonodwes.com)) – A 4-year-old girl taken in a stroller and two women were shot and wounded on Saturday afternoon in Times Square, New York, police officials said. New York City, in an incident whose location and timing heightened growing concerns about gun violence and crime in the city.

At 4:55 p.m., one or more people opened fire at the intersection of West 44th Street and 7th Avenue, affecting the women and child, officials said. Agents in the vicinity responded to the shooting, but the perpetrator (s) left the scene undetected.

The woman and child were taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for injuries that would not be life threatening, authorities said. Officials said the victims were unrelated to each other and are in stable condition.

A woman was shot in the foot and the other in the thigh, authorities said. The child was also hit in the thigh, according to the authorities who did not want to raise their identification.