NEW YORK, June 14 (Our New York News) — The New York Police Department said officers responded to a shooting near 42nd Street and Broadway at about 2:01 a.m. as street celebrations over the New York Knicks’ NBA championship win turned disorderly in Times Square.
A 17-year-old male was shot once in the left foot and taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, according to police accounts cited in national reporting. The NYPD said three persons of interest were taken into custody in connection with the shooting and that a firearm was recovered at the scene.
The available record does not identify any defendant by name, list charges, cite a criminal complaint or provide a court docket tied to the shooting or the property damage reported in Times Square. Police also said multiple arrests were made during the unrest, according to the Associated Press, but authorities had not provided a final arrest total later Sunday in the reporting reviewed for this article.
That distinction is central to what is known so far: the shooting, the teen’s injury, the hospital transport, the custody of three persons of interest and the firearm recovery are attributed to the NYPD. Much of the broader picture of disorder — people climbing buses, smashing windshields and damaging vehicles — comes from witness video and firsthand media observations, not from court filings or a completed public damage report.
The celebrations began Saturday night and spread through parts of New York City, including Times Square and the area around Madison Square Garden, after the Knicks’ championship win. As the crowds grew, videos and reporter accounts showed scenes of people climbing vehicles and buses near Times Square.
Video 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 description of the footage. Other video appeared to show people climbing on and entering school buses near Times Square.
The Associated Press reported that rowdy fans were seen smashing windshields, climbing scaffolding, light poles and a statue, getting into and onto school buses in Times Square and trying to ride on a moving fire truck. AP attributed the gunfire report near 42nd Street and Broadway to police.
Reuters reported, through a video journalist who witnessed the scene, that hundreds of mostly young people swarmed a convoy of about 15 shuttle buses in Times Square. Some climbed onto bus roofs, entered the buses and sat in drivers’ seats, Reuters reported. Reuters also reported that one yellow school bus hired by the city government to help transport soccer fans was seen in flames 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. Around 2 a.m. on Sixth Avenue, CNN reported, multiple police cars were damaged and windshields were shattered as bottles and coolers were thrown toward officers while more police moved in.
The cause of the bus fire was not established in the records reviewed. No fire department or fire marshal finding was identified in the supplied material. The exact relationship between the damaged buses and the city’s transport operation also was not detailed in a city agency statement in the records reviewed.
The police account of injuries also appears to have shifted during the early reporting. AP reported that preliminary police reports indicated no one had been injured, while later police-attributed accounts from the NYPD said the 17-year-old had been shot in the foot and hospitalized in stable condition. The later NYPD injury account is the most specific official account identified in the reviewed material.
No source reviewed identified a shooter, a motive or the type of firearm beyond police saying a firearm was recovered. No prosecutor statement, defense statement, court filing, case caption or assigned judge was identified in the available reporting.
