NEW YORK, United States – A shooting in New York’s bustling Times Square on Sunday injured a 21-year-old bystander, police said, in the latest incident of gun violence in the Big Apple.
The man was struck in the back by a stray bullet as he walked with his family past the Marriott Marquis hotel on Broadway around 5:15 pm (2215 GMT), a NYPD spokesperson told AFP.
“He was the unintended target in a dispute between two males,” said the spokesperson.
The man, who local media said was visiting from upstate New York, was taken to hospital and is expected to survive, the spokesperson added.
Police are investigating and no arrests have been made, he said.
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