NEW YORK, June 14 (Our New York News) — NYPD officers took three persons of interest into custody after a 17-year-old male was shot near 42nd Street and Broadway during overnight Knicks championship celebrations in Times Square, according to police information cited in early reports. No public court filing, criminal complaint, defendant name or charge was identified in the records and reports reviewed for this account.
The shooting was reported at about 2:01 a.m. near the center of Times Square, the NYPD said. Police said the teen was shot once in the left foot and taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. A firearm was recovered at the scene, according to the NYPD.
The police account is the clearest official record so far of a criminal investigation tied to the disorder that followed the Knicks’ NBA championship win. But the public record remains incomplete. The NYPD reported multiple arrests during the unrest, according to the Associated Press, but a final arrest total was not available in the supplied material. The names, ages and booking status of the three persons of interest in the shooting were also not provided.
The available evidence shows two related tracks: a police-reported shooting investigation near 42nd Street and Broadway, and a broader public-disorder scene documented by news organizations, wire-service journalists and video circulating online.
Video reviewed and described by Fox News appeared to show two people jumping onto the roof of an NYPD vehicle and smashing its windshield. Other video appeared to show people climbing on and entering school buses near Times Square. Those images are evidence of what the videos appear to show, but they are not, by themselves, official findings about who damaged the vehicles or whether any specific person was charged.
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. Reuters reported, based on a Reuters 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 roofs, entered 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 by its video journalist, and that at least three other shuttle buses sustained heavy damage. The supplied material did not include a fire department statement, fire marshal finding or official cause for the fire.
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. On Sixth Avenue around 2 a.m., CNN reported, multiple police cars were damaged and their windshields shattered as bottles and coolers were thrown toward officers while more police moved in.
The timeline built from the available records and firsthand reporting begins Saturday night, when championship celebrations spread into New York City streets, including Times Square and the area around Madison Square Garden. As the celebrations continued, videos and witness accounts described people climbing on vehicles and buses and damaging property. Around 2 a.m., police reported gunfire near 42nd Street and Broadway. Afterward, police said the teen was hospitalized in stable condition, three persons of interest were detained and a firearm was recovered.
Some early information was inconsistent. The Associated Press reported that preliminary police reports indicated no one was injured, while later police-attributed accounts said a 17-year-old was shot in the foot and taken to Bellevue Hospital. The discrepancy appears to reflect the limits of early reporting, but the supplied material does not include a later full NYPD incident report resolving it.
The supplied material also does not establish whether the shooting, the damage to police vehicles, the school bus incidents and the reported bus fire involved the same people. It does not identify a shooter, a motive, the type of firearm recovered, the total number of arrests, or whether the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office had filed charges by the time of the reports.
What is documented is narrower: the NYPD said a teen was shot in Times Square, three persons of interest were detained and a firearm was recovered; AP, Reuters, CNN and video accounts documented widespread vehicle damage and crowd disorder nearby during the same overnight celebration.
