Three wounded in New York Times Square shooting after verbal altercation

Three wounded in New York Times Square shooting after verbal altercation

AP 

New York :  Three people were wounded during a shooting at New York City's iconic Times Square, police said Saturday.

A 17-year-old boy was held in custody and questioned over the shooting, the New York Police Department said. No charges have been pressed yet.

Video on social media shows people running away from the scene, police surrounding a vehicle and attending to the wounded lying on the ground.

Three people were been hospitalized, with injuries described as not life-threatening. The victims were an 18-year-old woman, a 19-year-old man and a 65-year-old man, according to police.

The shooting took place at 1:20 a.m. at the intersection of 44th Street, east of Seventh Avenue.

Police said reports indicated the shooting followed a verbal altercation between the gunman and one of the victims.

New York City has seen a remarkable drop in gun violence this year. Through Aug. 3, it has seen its fewest shootings in decades, down 23% so far since last year.

New York bans firearms from certain so-called sensitive locations such as public transportation, hospitals, schools and Times Square, and requires that handgun owners prove “good moral character.”

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a challenge to the state’s gun laws in April.