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Three people shot after teen gunman opens
fire in Times Square, sparking chaos in
tourist hotspot

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Posted By: mc squared, 8/9/2025 12:03:25 PM

Three people were injured when a 17-year-old gunman opened fire in a crowded Times Square early Saturday morning. The violent gunfire erupted during a dispute between two people near the intersection of 44th Street and 7th Avenue at around 1:20 a.m., the NYPD told The Post. An 18-year-old female and two men, 19 and 65, were injured in the shooting. The female was grazed in the neck, while the two men suffered gunshot wounds to the legs. All three victims were transported to Bellevue Hospital and are listed in stable condition, police said [snip} The teen was not identified because of his age and charges had not been filed.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 8/9/2025 12:09:37 PM (No. 1988482)
Remind me never to set foot in NYC again.... even if Zero Madmani does not get elected.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Encore 8/9/2025 12:16:39 PM (No. 1988489)
Do I need to ask?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 8/9/2025 12:19:47 PM (No. 1988491)
Pretty sure Fat Alvin has already set the teen free.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: RobertJ984 8/9/2025 12:24:18 PM (No. 1988493)
The usual suspects?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: itsonlyme 8/9/2025 12:25:04 PM (No. 1988494)
Name of the 17-year-old gunman
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Reply 6 - Posted by: DVC 8/9/2025 12:49:54 PM (No. 1988499)
Thank goodness for incompetent shooters.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Vitaman 8/9/2025 12:50:53 PM (No. 1988501)
Couldn't have happened. Guns are illegal in NYC.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: DVC 8/9/2025 1:02:07 PM (No. 1988506)
Actually, #7, that is not at all true. Guns can be legally owned, and with extreme difficulty, mostly involving paying enough graft under the table, can be legally carried. But very few have the permits. And hundreds of thousands of criminals have guns, no matter how difficult the hoops are for honest citizens.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: K620 8/9/2025 1:08:26 PM (No. 1988510)
That we protect minors who carjack, or deal drugs, or shoot people by not releasing the minor’s name drives me crazy! Do adult crime, get adult treatment. Change the wretched law, dammit.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Ketchuplover 8/9/2025 1:14:44 PM (No. 1988514)
Let's do the Mamdani approach and defund the cops, dispatch counselors and social workers to find out what would cause such a promising young man to do such a thing. Furthermore, we need to find out how we, as a society, led this young man down the wrong path. We need more midnight basketball. Oh -- and gun control, of course. If the millions of law-abiding NYers didn't own guns, then this wouldn't have happened.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Petronius 8/9/2025 1:20:36 PM (No. 1988516)
One of Obama's sons again?
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Italiano 8/9/2025 1:21:49 PM (No. 1988517)
Obviously, no social workers were on the scene to either prevent or render aid. That will change.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: MindMadeUp 8/9/2025 2:16:25 PM (No. 1988526)
Teen. Not identified. No charges. Take a wild guess.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Grateful 8/9/2025 2:30:11 PM (No. 1988530)
Quick....send in more social workers!
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Reply 15 - Posted by: RedWhiteBlue 8/9/2025 2:36:30 PM (No. 1988531)
Quick call the social services dept....Edamame will safe you.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: sunshinehorses 8/9/2025 3:11:46 PM (No. 1988534)
Has anyone noticed that EVERY DAY some idiot fires a gun into a crowded area hurting/killing people? This has been over several days and sorry but way too much to be coincidence.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: Krause 8/9/2025 3:57:51 PM (No. 1988546)
Send in the Social Workers!
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Reply 18 - Posted by: mc squared 8/9/2025 4:24:58 PM (No. 1988557)
There are news items tha say an initiation rite into a gang is to kill a stranger.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 8/9/2025 4:35:52 PM (No. 1988561)
The "teen's" father is going to be steaming mad. Just imagine what this does to the family name and reputation. No matter what happens in court - - that "teen" is in for a good whupping from Dad.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: Highvoltage 8/9/2025 4:37:06 PM (No. 1988563)
When so called juveniles fire a gun in a crowd their rights to identity protection should disappear. Publicly disclose their names and picture as well as their parents names and picture then prosecute them as adults.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: rochow 8/9/2025 7:02:38 PM (No. 1988597)
The teen low life should not be protected. He is an adult who tried to kill people. Put the name out there and put him away and not give him lousy home arrest.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 8/9/2025 7:19:30 PM (No. 1988602)
No charges have been filed or no charges have been filed yet?
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Reply 23 - Posted by: downnout 8/9/2025 7:51:16 PM (No. 1988612)
Beto is such a wuss - he could give Jahhhn Kerry (he served in Vietnam) a run for being most useless.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: JimBob 8/10/2025 1:58:52 AM (No. 1988671)
#19.... this is assuming that the 'baby-mama' even knows who the 'baby-daddy' is. There's a good possibility that she has no idea. We can thank Lyin' Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society' welfare laws for this situation.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: Strike3 8/10/2025 9:09:01 AM (No. 1988725)
"because of his age and color." No charge for the editing.
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