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Three people were injured in a shooting near New York’s Times Square in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD).
The shooting took place at around 1:20 a.m. ET on Saturday at the intersection between West 44th Street and 7th Avenue, a NYPD spokesperson told Newsweek.
They added that the three victims were being treated in Bellevue Hospital, where they remain in a stable condition. The NYPD said the three victims were an 18-year-old woman, and two men, aged 19 and 65.
One person of interest was been taken into custody following the incident.
Footage posted on social media showed a panicked scene around Times Square, with numerous people running as police attempted to lock down the area.
One witness on social media said they had seen a car “shot up” with bullet holes in its windows, according to The Daily Mail.
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