A father visiting from Colombia and a younger girl using at the back of an Uber have been struck by gunfire in Saturday’s early morning capturing in Occasions Sq..
Three individuals have been wounded in complete, together with the 2 harmless bystanders, when a shooter opened fireplace round 1:20 a.m. close to forty fourth Road and Seventh Avenue, police officers mentioned over the weekend.
Video obtained by NBC New York confirmed a paramedic and police officer treating 65-year-old Luis Eduardo Rodriguez Palencia after he took a bullet to his left leg. First responders put him on a stretcher and rushed him to a hospital close by.
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First responders rush a 65-year-old vacationer from Colombia to be handled following a capturing in Occasions Sq..
“My dad yelled, ‘I’m hurt! I’m hurt!” Palencia’s son, Jhon Rodriguez, advised NBC New York in Spanish. “Unfortunately they shot my dad. We’re all in shock.”
Palencia was together with his household, visiting New York Metropolis for the primary time an alleged combat broke out between the gunman and one of many different victims.
A motive stays unclear — however legislation enforcement sources mentioned earlier than pictures have been fired, greater than a dozen individuals on Citi Bikes entered the Elevating Canes.
“We were in Canes and about five boys came in, like all teenagers,” Agnes Rodriguez, a witness, mentioned. “As we were waiting to get our food they all run out, fighting and bickering.”
An argument adopted between a 17-year outdated gunman and one of many individuals within the massive group.
Palencia and his household, together with his son, head the argument exterior, after which the pictures.
“Our reaction was to throw ourselves under the car for cover. The kids pushed my mom, sister and friend,” Palencia’s son added.
The gunman’s bullets additionally struck an 18-year-old girl within the neck as she was using in an Uber close by, based on police. A 19-year-old man, who seemed to be the supposed goal, was shot within the foot.
“I heard three. We thought it was fake. We thought it was firecrackers,” one other witness mentioned.
Regulation enforcement sources say officers close by ran towards the gunfire and caught the suspect who tried to flee. Police additionally allegedly recovered a gun within the space.
The alleged 17-year-old gunman was in custody; expenses have been nonetheless pending as of late Saturday.
New York Metropolis has seen a exceptional drop in gun violence this 12 months. By way of Aug. 3, it has seen its fewest shootings in many years, down 23% up to now since final 12 months.
New York bans firearms from sure so-called delicate areas reminiscent of public transportation, hospitals, faculties and Occasions Sq., and requires that handgun homeowners show “good moral character.”
The U.S. Supreme Courtroom declined to take up a problem to the state’s gun legal guidelines in April.
