Man dies after being shot near New York’s ‘gun-free’ Times Square

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NEW YORK - A man was shot dead on Thursday a few blocks from the heart of New York’s Times Square tourist hub, which last year was made a gun-free zone, police said. Police said they responded to an emergency call at around 5.30 pm local time to find the victim suffering...

“It was a couple young dudes who shot him,” Mr Colon said. “His body was laid right out on the sidewalk. He was face-up, shaking.”Two gunmen ran off on foot down Eighth Avenue, unnamed sources told the Daily News.

Since September, New York state’s legislature has banned the possession of firearms in sensitive areas, such as bars, libraries, schools, government buildings, hospitals and vulnerable, heavily trafficked locations, including the ever-bustling Times Square.New York City’s Democratic mayor Eric Adams, a former police officer, last year unveiled a “Times Square: Gun Free Zone” signage for posting in and around the busy center of Manhattan.

Following a spike in New York City gun homicides in 2020 and 2021, killings dropped in 2022 to 433 in a city of 8.5 million people and 50 million visitors annually. - AFP

 

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