27 April 2024,   04:06
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3 bystanders wounded, including child, in Times Square shooting

Three people were hospitalized after a shooting in Times Square left the youngest victim, a 4-year-old girl, injured and started the NYPD on a manhunt for the gunman responsible.

NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea confirmed at an evening press conference that the three victims were unintended targets of the shooter and were not related to one another.

The young girl was struck in the leg, a 23-year-old woman was hit in her thigh and a 43-year-old woman was shot in the foot, police said. All three victims were taken to nearby Bellevue Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

One person of interest was being sought by police for the shooting - he was identified in a surveillance image distributed by police.

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