Three people were injured in a shooting in New York’s Times Square. The victims include a four-year-old child. The police cordoned off part of the well-known tourist destination.
Two women and a four-year-old child were injured in a shooting in Times Square in New York on Saturday afternoon. As the Manhattan police announced, the three injured were taken to a hospital, their lives were not in danger.
The background to the shooting, which took place around 5 p.m. (local time), was initially unclear. The police launched an investigation, there were no arrests at first. However, a photo and video of a “person of interest” who are wanted by police in connection with the crime have been released.
“Thank God the condition of innocent passers-by is stable,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio in the short message service Twitter. “The police are looking for the perpetrators of this violence and will bring them to justice. The flood of illegal weapons arriving in New York must be stopped.”
Before the corona pandemic, Times Square was one of the most visited tourist destinations in New York.
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