New York shooting: man opened fire in Times Square, injuring three people

Yesterday afternoon, around the same time a person opened fire at one of the busiest shopping malls in the United States in Miami, the Aventura shopping center, at new York a similar event occurred when a small group of men got into a fight, then one of them pulled out a gun and started shooting.

For the filming, which took place at Times Square (near 45th Street and 7th Avenue), three people were injured: two women and a 4-year-old girl. According to what was published by the channel CNN, the victims were not related to each other and had nothing to do with the episode of violence. The NYPD confirmed that the shots rang out around 4:55 p.m. and that several officers in the area responded immediately.

According to New York Police Department commissioner Dermot Shea, the 4-year-old girl, who was at the scene with his family, was shot in the leg and required surgery. For her part, one of the two adult women, a touristic The 23-year-old was also shot in the leg. The third victim is a 43-year-old woman who sustained a foot injury. All were hospitalized at Bellevue Hospital. No deaths have been reported.

Since the incident, the police have been behind the gunman. To trace his whereabouts and receive information, the authorities posted a video and a photo on Twitter. So far, the weapon has not been recovered, but three shells from a .25mm caliber pistol have been found at the scene.

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New York was not the only point in the country that was rocked by a shooting yesterday. Yesterday afternoon also there was panic Miami, where, in a shopping area, another group of people starred in a fight that ended in gunfire. Because of this, they also reported three wounded. “We were with my husband and ten year old in an outside restaurant, eating, and all of a sudden we heard people screaming and a crowd rushing down the stairs. . We stopped, looked at each other and threw ourselves under the restaurant bar. We waited to see if we heard anything. When you don’t hear anything, you run away with the people. It was all chaos. We walked away and ran into the police entering the mall, ”he said. THE NATION an Argentinian who was at the scene at the start of filming

The wave of shootings is one of the most serious problems facing the United States in recent years, with incidents recorded in restaurants, concerts, halls or schools. On the one hand, Democrats insist that these incidents could decrease if the free sale of weapons in the country; on the other, the Republicans assure that this is not the reason for the acts of violence.

Specifically in New York since 2020, shootings have been on the rise. According to urban crime statistics, until May 2 of this year, they had increased by 83% compared to the same period of the previous year.

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