{"id":33631,"date":"2025-08-09T13:29:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=33631"},"modified":"2025-08-09T13:29:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:29:40","slug":"multiple-people-injured-in-n-y-cs-times-square-after-gunman-opens-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=33631","title":{"rendered":"Multiple People Injured in N.Y.C\u2019s Times Square After Gunman Opens Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?-->&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Two teenagers and a 65-year-old man are among those injured following a shooting in New York City&#8217;s Times Square<\/p>\n<p>A verbal dispute between two people allegedly took place moments before the incident on Saturday, Aug. 9, The Times reported<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, a 17-year-old suspect was arrested near 44th Street and 7th Avenue<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin: 1.5em 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/tsYSGm1Gg1gj5vL5ro3wDd0Vpdo=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(943x697:945x699):format(webp)\/Times-Square-shooting-080925-03-11c1e174531d4231b4f5ac02bca72b91.jpg\" alt=\"Three people are shot in Times Square, and tourists scatter the area following the gunfire in Manhattan, New York, United States, on August 9, 2025. Three people are struck by gunfire in Times Square in the area of West 44th Street and 7th Avenue. NYPD officers converge on the area to search for evidence and gather clues. Detectives arrive on the scene, and police implement several road closures in the area. The shooting takes place Saturday morning at approximately 1:20 AM. An 18-year-old female, a 19-year-old male, and a 65-year-old male are shot, and the victims are transported by EMS to a local area hospital. \" \/><\/p>\n<p>At least three people have been injured following a shooting in New York City\u2019s Times Square.<br \/>\nThe incident occurred at around 1:20 a.m. local time on Saturday, Aug. 9, after \u201ca verbal dispute between two people escalated,\u201d the\u00a0Associated Press reported, citing the New York Police Department.<br \/>\nA 19-year-old man was shot in the right foot, along with a 65-year-old man who was shot in the left leg and an 18-year-old woman who suffered a graze gunshot wound to the neck, according to The Times.<br \/>\nFollowing the shooting between West 44th Street and 7th Avenue, the victims were taken to Bellevue Hospital and are in stable condition, per the outlet.<br \/>\nFootage shared on social media shows people fleeing outside the Hard Rock Cafe \u2014 one of the most popular tourist spots in Times Square \u2014 after gunshots were heard in the area. A car can be seen pulling over to the side of the road outside the Hard Rock cafe, per U.K. outlets The Sun and The Independent.<br \/>\nWitnesses also alleged that they saw bullet holes in the window of a car.<br \/>\nA 17-year-old suspect was arrested near 44th Street and 7th Avenue and taken into custody, according to The Independent.\u00a0 A firearm was also recovered from the scene.<br \/>\nWant to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE&#8217;s free True Crime newsletter\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.<br \/>\nOne witness posted a video on X of emergency responders at the scene tending to a man lying on the ground after the shooting, per The Times.<br \/>\n\u201cThree people have been shot in the heart of Times Square,\u201d the caption read, according to the outlet. \u201cBodies are on the ground, bullet holes pierce car windows. The chaos unfolded near a major tourist area. One suspect is in custody.\u201d<br \/>\nWho Were the Victims of the N.Y.C. Shooting? What We Know About the 4 People Killed<br \/>\nTracking the Movements of N.Y.C. Mass Shooter During Rampage that Killed 4 Innocent People (Exclusive Source)<br \/>\nAnother video posted on X shows crowds of people running down the streets of Times Square after hearing gunshots.<br \/>\nPEOPLE has reached out to the NYPD for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Two teenagers and a 65-year-old man are among those injured following a shooting in New York City&#8217;s Times Square A verbal dispute between two people allegedly took place moments &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33633,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33631\/revisions\/33633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}