NEW YORK, June 14 (Our New York News) — A 17-year-old was shot in the foot near 42nd Street and Broadway as New York Knicks championship celebrations in Times Square turned chaotic, according to the New York Police Department. Police said officers responded at about 2:01 a.m., recovered a firearm at the scene and took three persons of interest into custody.
The available public record is still limited. No court filing, criminal complaint, case caption, prosecutor statement or defense statement identifying anyone charged in the shooting or the property damage was included in the source material reviewed for this report. Police also had not provided a final arrest total in the available accounts.
That leaves two separate sets of evidence: official police statements about the shooting and arrests, and video or eyewitness reporting that documented damage to vehicles and buses during the same overnight celebrations.
According to the NYPD, the shooting happened near 42nd Street and Broadway in Times Square. Police said the teen was shot once in the left foot and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. Police also said three persons of interest were taken into custody and that a firearm was recovered.
The NYPD’s description does not identify a shooter, a motive or the type of firearm. It also does not establish whether the three people taken into custody had been charged. In criminal cases, people taken into custody or named as suspects are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
The Associated Press, citing police, reported that gunshots were reported around 2 a.m. near 42nd Street and Broadway and that police made multiple arrests. AP also reported that police did not yet have a final arrest count later Sunday. Reuters separately reported, based on confirmation from a New York police officer, that a 17-year-old had been shot in the foot and that three people were in custody.
The disorder unfolded after crowds filled streets in Manhattan to celebrate the Knicks’ championship win. Times Square and the area around Madison Square Garden were among the locations where fans gathered, according to AP and CNN reporting from the scene.
Video and eyewitness accounts show the celebrations did not remain orderly in parts of Midtown. 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. Fox also reported that other video appeared to show people climbing on and entering school buses near Times Square.
AP reported that rowdy fans were seen smashing windshields, climbing scaffolding, light poles and a statue, climbing into and onto 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 record or a final police damage report.
Reuters reported that hundreds of mostly young people swarmed a convoy of about 15 shuttle buses in Times Square. A Reuters video journalist reported seeing people climb onto bus roofs, enter buses and sit in drivers’ seats. Reuters also reported that one yellow school bus hired by the city government to help transport soccer fans was in flames, according to its video journalist, 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 the 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 while more police moved in.
The current evidence does not show whether the shooting, the bus damage, the damaged police vehicles and the reported bus fire were carried out by the same people. The reports place the events during the same overnight unrest in and around Times Square, but no public charging documents in the reviewed material connect a specific person to both the gunfire and the property damage.
There are also gaps in the official record on injuries and damage. AP reported that preliminary police reports indicated no one was injured, while later or separate police-linked accounts said the 17-year-old was shot and hospitalized in stable condition. The discrepancy appears to reflect changing early information, but the available material does not include a full NYPD incident report resolving it.
The bus fire is another unresolved point. Reuters reported firsthand observation of a bus in flames, and AP described a bus later engulfed in flames. But the reviewed material does not include an FDNY statement, a fire marshal finding or an official cause.
For now, the documented finding is narrower than the scale of the images circulating online: NYPD says a teenager was shot near 42nd Street and Broadway, three persons of interest were detained and a firearm was recovered; national and wire-service reporting and video descriptions show crowds damaging vehicles and climbing buses nearby; and no reviewed court record identifies who, if anyone, has been charged in the shooting or the vehicle damage.
