NEW YORK, June 14 (Our New York News) — The New York Police Department said officers took three persons of interest into custody after a 17-year-old boy was shot near 42nd Street and Broadway in Times Square during overnight celebrations of the Knicks’ NBA championship win. The police account, as reported in the available material, does not identify the people detained, list charges or name a court case.
According to the NYPD, officers responded to the shooting at about 2:01 a.m. The 17-year-old was shot once in the left foot and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, police said. A firearm was recovered at the scene, according to the NYPD.
The same set of public accounts shows a broader disorder in and around Times Square, but the evidence is not all of the same kind. The shooting details come from police. Much of the evidence of property damage comes from video reviewed by national news organizations and from firsthand reporting by Reuters, The Associated Press and CNN.
Videos 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 review of the footage. Other video appeared to show people climbing on and entering school buses near Times Square.
The Associated Press reported that people in the crowd were seen smashing windshields, scaling scaffolding, light poles and a statue, climbing into and onto school buses in Times Square, and trying to ride on a moving fire truck. AP also reported that police said multiple arrests were made, though police did not yet have a final total later Sunday.
Reuters reported that hundreds of mostly young people swarmed a convoy of about 15 shuttle buses in Times Square. A Reuters video journalist saw some people climb onto bus roofs, enter the buses and sit in drivers’ seats. Reuters also reported that one yellow school bus hired by New York City government to help transport soccer fans was in flames, based on what its video journalist witnessed, and that at least three other shuttle buses had heavy damage.
CNN, citing reporter Mark Morales’ reporting, said officers moved in after a crowd began damaging a parked school bus and tearing off part of its hood. CNN reported that the bus was also seen being rocked back and forth. CNN also reported that, on Sixth Avenue around 2 a.m., multiple police cars were damaged and their windshields shattered as bottles and coolers were thrown toward officers.
The available record leaves several key questions unanswered. No court filing, criminal complaint, case caption, prosecutor statement or defense statement was included in the source material reviewed for this article. The records also do not identify a shooter, a motive, the type of firearm recovered or whether the people detained in connection with the shooting were later charged.
The bus fire also remains only partly documented in the available accounts. Reuters reported that a bus was seen in flames, but the material reviewed does not include a fire department statement, a fire marshal finding or an official cause.
The clearest confirmed points are narrower: NYPD said a 17-year-old was shot in the foot near 42nd Street and Broadway and hospitalized in stable condition; police said three persons of interest were detained and a firearm was recovered; and firsthand media accounts and video descriptions documented damage to police vehicles and buses during the same overnight celebration in Times Square.
