Hundreds of people celebrating Pride late Sunday ran for cover after the booms of fireworks were mistaken for gunfire.
Washington Square Park was filled with revelers enjoying the last weekend of Pride Month when panic set over the crowd. Videos circulating social media showed hundreds of partiers running in multiple directions to get out of the park around 8 p.m.Stay informed about local news and weather. Get the NBC 4 New York app for
Fireworks went off after we started running so something else happened before. Unsure though. Have heard a gun was pulled but unsure
And yet every last one of them pictured probably hates the police, wants to defund them. I guess they can go run to the nearest 'Violence Interrupter' or 'Community Activist' for protection.
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