NEW YORK, June 14 (Our New York News) — Three people were taken into custody as persons of interest after a 17-year-old male was shot near 42nd Street and Broadway during overnight Knicks championship celebrations in Times Square, according to the New York Police Department.
The NYPD said officers responded to the shooting at about 2:01 a.m. The teenager was shot once in the left foot and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, police said. The department also said a firearm was recovered at the scene.
No public court filing, criminal complaint, case caption, prosecutor statement or defense statement was identified in the material available for review. Police had not publicly identified the three people taken into custody, and the available information did not state whether charges had been filed in the shooting.
The documented record shows a fast-moving and still incomplete picture: police confirmed a teen gunshot victim, persons of interest and a recovered firearm; national news organizations and wire services described videos and firsthand observations of damaged vehicles and buses; and the final number of arrests tied to the Times Square disorder remained unclear in the available police information.
The shooting happened as large crowds filled parts of Manhattan after the Knicks’ NBA championship win Saturday night. Times Square and the area around Madison Square Garden were among the places where celebrations moved into the streets, according to Associated Press and CNN reporting.
The AP, citing police, reported that officers heard or received reports of gunfire around 2 a.m. near 42nd Street and Broadway. The AP also reported that police said multiple arrests were made but that a final arrest total was not yet available later Sunday.
That lack of a final count matters because the available reports describe several different strands of unrest: the shooting, damage to police vehicles, people climbing on buses, and a bus fire. The records and accounts available do not show whether all of those incidents are part of the same criminal cases or separate investigations.
Video circulating online appeared to show two people jumping onto the roof of an NYPD vehicle and smashing its windshield, according to Fox News Digital’s description of the footage. Other video appeared to show people climbing on and entering school buses near Times Square.
The AP reported that rowdy fans were seen smashing windshields, scaling scaffolding, light poles and a statue, climbing into and on top of school buses in Times Square, and trying to hitch a ride on a moving fire truck. Those details were based on AP scene reporting and bystander-video descriptions, not on a court filing or a formal damage report identified in the available material.
Reuters reported, based on a 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 the roofs, entered the buses and sat in drivers’ seats, Reuters reported.
Reuters also reported that one yellow school bus hired by New York City government to help transport soccer fans was on fire, according to its video journalist, and that at least three other shuttle buses sustained heavy damage from the crowd. The available material did not include a fire department statement, a fire marshal finding or an official cause for the fire.
CNN reported that officers moved in after a crowd began damaging a parked school bus and tearing off part of its hood. The bus was also seen being rocked back and forth, CNN reported. CNN also reported that, on Sixth Avenue around 2 a.m., multiple police cars were damaged and their windshields were shattered as bottles and coolers were thrown toward officers.
The injury record was not fully clear in the first accounts. AP reported that preliminary police reports had indicated no injuries, while other police-attributed information said the 17-year-old was shot in the foot and taken to Bellevue in stable condition. The available information suggests the early reports changed as police gathered more details, but the NYPD account of the teen’s gunshot wound is the specific injury account identified in the available record.
The available material does not identify a shooter, motive, weapon type beyond a firearm, or the names and ages of the people taken into custody. It also does not identify a court where any defendant has appeared.
For now, the strongest documented facts are limited: NYPD said a 17-year-old was shot in Times Square, three persons of interest were taken into custody and a firearm was recovered; national news organizations and wire services documented or described videos of property damage and people climbing on buses; and police said multiple arrests were made, without a final public total in the available accounts.
