3 injured after gunman opens fire in New York's Times Square
- Last updated: August 9, 2025 | 13:47
Three people have been injured after a shooting in New York’s Times Square, according to reports.
A 65-year-old and a 19-year-old suffered gunshot wounds and an 18-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to the neck after a dispute between two people “escalated”, a spokesperson for the New York Police Department was reported as saying.
A suspect was arrested at the scene. The Sun reported that gunfire was heard at 1.20am after a “verbal dispute between two people escalated”.
A police spokesperson told the paper: "All were taken to Bellevue Hospital and are in stable condition."
The incident took place at the intersection of West 44th Street and 7th Avenue. The 19-year-old was shot in the right foot and the 65-year-old was shot in the left leg, The Times has reported.
Videos posted on social media showed people running away from the scene and a car pulled over to the side of the road outside the Hard Rock cafe.
Footage showed one person on a stretcher being wheeled into an ambulance, with policemen warding people away from the scene.
According to reports, the suspect is 17 years old and a firearm was recovered at the scene.
New York’s police commissioner announced only a few days ago that the city had seen the fewest shooting incidents and victims this year since records began. Over the first seven months of 2025, there were 412 shooting incidents and 489 shooting victims in New York.
It is the tenth straight month of decline in major crime in the city, the commissioner said.
In July, four people were killed in a shooting in an office building. The suspect, 27-year-old Shane Tamura, died from an “apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound”. The police said the gunman walked into the office with a rifle and sprayed bullets indiscriminately in the lobby and on an upper floor.
Tamura, a former high school footballer, was targeting the headquarters of the NFL, the police said.
An officer, Didarul Islam, was killed in that attack, with the police department describing him as “the very best”.
The Independent