NEW YORK, June 14 (Our New York News) — The NYPD said three persons of interest were taken into custody after a 17-year-old male was shot near 42nd Street and Broadway as Knicks championship celebrations in Times Square turned chaotic early Sunday.
Police said officers responded to the shooting at about 2:01 a.m. The teen was shot once in the left foot and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, according to the NYPD. Police said a firearm was recovered at the scene.
The available public accounts reviewed for this article did not identify the three people, list charges against them or cite a criminal complaint, court docket, prosecutor statement or defense response. That means the public record available from the supplied material shows police custody and an active investigation, but not a filed case in court.
The shooting was one part of a broader night of disorder in Midtown Manhattan after the Knicks’ title win. Police told the Associated Press that multiple arrests were made, but AP reported that police did not yet have a final arrest total later Sunday.
Video and witness accounts described damage to vehicles and buses near Times Square. Fox News Digital reported that video circulating online appeared to show two people jumping onto the roof of an NYPD vehicle and smashing its windshield. The video description is a media observation, not an official finding or a court allegation.
The Associated Press reported that rowdy fans were seen smashing windshields, scaling scaffolding, light poles and a statue, climbing into and atop school buses in Times Square and trying to hitch a ride on a moving fire truck. AP attributed the gunfire report near 42nd Street and Broadway to police.
Reuters reported, based on a Reuters video journalist who witnessed the scene, that hundreds of mostly young people swarmed a convoy of about 15 shuttle buses in Times Square. Some climbed onto roofs, entered buses and sat in drivers’ seats, Reuters reported. Reuters also reported that one yellow school bus hired by the city government to help transport soccer fans was in flames, and that at least three other shuttle buses had heavy damage.
CNN reported that officers moved in after a crowd began damaging a parked school bus and tearing off part of its hood. CNN also reported that a bus was seen being rocked back and forth. On Sixth Avenue around 2 a.m., CNN reported, multiple police cars were damaged and their windshields shattered as bottles and coolers were thrown toward officers.
The evidence available so far leaves several key questions unanswered. No supplied source identifies a shooter, a motive, the type of firearm recovered, the final number of people arrested or whether the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office had filed charges. No fire-department or fire-marshal finding was identified in the supplied material on the cause of the reported bus fire.
Early information on injuries also was incomplete. AP reported that preliminary police reports indicated no one was injured, while later police-linked accounts said the 17-year-old was shot in the foot and hospitalized in stable condition. The more specific NYPD account identifies the teen as the known shooting victim.
The confirmed location of the shooting was near 42nd Street and Broadway, in Times Square. The broader unrest described by police, AP, Reuters, CNN and video accounts centered on Times Square and nearby Midtown streets during the overnight celebration.
