Three people, including a 4-year-old, shot in New York's Times Square
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[May 10, 2021]
By Raphael Satter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three people
including a four-year-old girl were shot in New York City's Times Square
after gunfire broke out in a dispute that they were apparently not
involved in, the city's top police official said Saturday.
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said a family from Brooklyn had brought
the child to Times Square to buy toys. Shea told reporters gathered at
Times Square that she and the two other victims - a 23-year-old female
tourist from Rhode Island and a 43-year-old woman from New Jersey - did
not appear related to one another or to the shooting itself.
"It appears that all three are innocent bystanders," Shea said.
Shea said police had "one person of interest" that they were seeking
information from but no indication yet as to the context of the dispute,
which he said broke out between "two to four people" just before 5 p.m.
Shea did not provide details on the conditions of the victims but said
that the 4-year-old and 23-year-old were shot in the leg; he said the
43-year-old was shot in the foot.
Crime rates have jumped in New York and other American cities in the
past year; explanations for the surge vary.
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New York City police officers stand guard after a shooting incident
in Times Square, New York, U.S., May 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
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In the 1970s and '80s Times Square had a reputation
for seediness, an aura that has all but vanished in the 21st Century
as soaring property values, gentrification and a plummeting crime
rate turned it into a tourist playground.
(Reporting by Raphael Satter; Editing by David Gregorio)
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