Times Square shooting: Tourist hit with stray bullet in New York
The 44-year-old man was hit in the shoulder
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Your support makes all the difference.A Kansas tourist has been hit by a stray bullet near New York’s Time Square, police have said.
A 44-year-old man who was visiting the city from Kansas was shot shortly after 2am on Wednesday, a police spokesperson said.
Police do not believe the man who was shot was the intended target, the spokesperson added.
The shooting took place near West 38th Street and Eighth Avenue and the man was taken to Bellevue Hospital and is stable, police said.
The New York Daily News reported that the victim told police he attended Tuesday’s Mets-Phillies game in Philadelphia and then travelled back to New York.
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He was said to have been headed to his hotel when shots were fired, police said.
According to The New York Post, the bystander passed two men fighting when one of the men opened fire and the tourist was hit.
No arrests have been made in connection to the incident.
Reporting by the Associated Press
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