NEW YORK, June 14 (Our New York News) — A 17-year-old male was shot in the foot near 42nd Street and Broadway as crowds filled Times Square after the New York Knicks’ NBA championship win, according to the New York Police Department account available from the overnight response.
The NYPD said officers responded to the shooting at about 2:01 a.m. near the Times Square intersection, and that the teen was struck once in the left foot. Police said he was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.
Police also 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 reports did not identify the three people by name, age or court case, and did not include a criminal complaint, docket number, prosecutor statement or defense response.
That gap matters because the public record available so far shows custody, but not filed charges. The NYPD said multiple arrests were made during the broader disorder, according to police accounts reported by The Associated Press, but a final arrest total was not available in those accounts later Sunday. The materials reviewed by Times Media Service did not include a final tally from police or any court records tying named defendants to the shooting or property damage.
The shooting was one part of a wider breakdown in public order during celebrations that spread through New York City streets, including Times Square and the area around Madison Square Garden. The documented accounts come from police statements, wire-service reporting and video descriptions by national news organizations. They do not yet amount to a complete official record of what happened, who caused each act of damage or what charges, if any, prosecutors may bring.
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 description of the footage. Other video described by Fox appeared to show people climbing on and entering school buses near Times Square.
The Associated Press reported that rowdy fans were seen smashing windshields, scaling scaffolding, light poles and a statue, climbing into and on top of school buses in Times Square, and trying to hitch a ride on a moving fire truck. AP attributed the gunfire report near 42nd Street and Broadway to police and said police were still working to determine the full number of arrests.
Reuters reported, through firsthand observation by a Reuters video journalist, that hundreds of mostly young people swarmed a convoy of about 15 shuttle buses in Times Square. Reuters reported that some people climbed onto bus roofs, entered buses and sat in drivers’ seats. Reuters also reported that one yellow school bus hired by the city government to help transport soccer fans was in flames, and that at least three other shuttle buses sustained 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 rocked back and forth. In a separate area, on Sixth Avenue around 2 a.m., CNN reported that multiple police cars were damaged, windshields were shattered, and bottles and coolers were thrown toward officers as more police moved in.
The available accounts do not establish whether the shooting was directly connected to the bus damage, the damaged police vehicles or other acts seen on video. They also do not identify a shooter, a motive or the type of firearm recovered beyond police saying a firearm was found.
There is also an early information conflict in the public accounts. AP reported preliminary police information indicating no one was injured, while other police-attributed accounts said the 17-year-old was shot in the foot and hospitalized in stable condition. The later or separate NYPD account identifying the teen’s injury is the most specific account in the materials reviewed.
No fire-department statement, fire marshal finding or official cause for the bus fire was included in the available materials. Reuters’ account of the bus in flames was based on its video journalist’s firsthand observation, while AP also described a bus later engulfed in flames.
For now, the official law-enforcement record available publicly is limited: NYPD says a 17-year-old was shot near 42nd Street and Broadway, three persons of interest were taken into custody, a firearm was recovered, and multiple arrests were made during the broader unrest. Court records or prosecutor filings identifying charges were not included in the available accounts.
