Police have arrested a 15-year-old wanna-be Times Square shoplifter who shot a tourist and fired at police officers while he ran away. The boy was said to be in tears when he was taken away in handcuffs, WABC reported. The 37-year-old victim was hit in the leg when the boy allegedly shot at a security …
A man with a history of assaulting strangers was arrested this week for slugging a 4-year-old boy in the head, prompting the toddler’s mother and another women to take the assailant down themselves in busy Times Square. The incident took place at about 3:20 p.m., police said, when 34-year-old Babacar Mbaye cold-cocked the boy as …
A 58-year-old oncology nurse from New Jersey died Saturday from injuries she received a day earlier when a mugger fleeing from his victim knocked her to the sidewalk in Times Square. Maria Ambrocio, who worked at Bayonne Medical Center, was taken off life support Saturday evening, her family said. She had been in Times Square …
A visitor to New York was struck by a ricocheting bullet as he walked through Times Square late Saturday afternoon with his family. The unnamed 21-year-old victim, visiting from upstate New York, was rushed to a nearby hospital and is expected to survive, The New York Post reported. The incident took place at about 5:15 …
7:30 p.m. update: Police now say that three people — including a 4-year-old girl — shot late Saturday afternoon were innocent bystanders caught in gunfire that erupted out of an argument. The New York Post reported a 23-year-old woman was hit in the thigh, a 43-year-old woman was hit in the foot, and the little …
A woman and a toddler were shot in New York’s Times Square late Saturday afternoon. The victims were taken to Bellevue Hospital, where both are expected to survive, NBC New York reported. The woman was shot in the leg, the outlet said. The shooting happened just before 5 p.m. near the corner of W 44th …
