NEW YORK (Sputnik) – Two women and a girl were injured in a shooting in Times Square, according to the New York City Police Department (NYPD).
An NYPD spokesperson told Sputnik on Saturday that the search for the suspect was ongoing.
According to CBS, the shooting occurred at around 5 p.m., local time, on Saturday (21:00 GMT), at West 44th Street and Seventh Avenue.
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said at a Saturday news conference, as cited by NY1, that the shooting was the result of a dispute among two to four people. The victims (a 4-year-old girl who had been shopping with her family; a 23-year old woman from Rhode Island; and a 43-year-old woman from New Jersey) were innocent bystanders, according to Shea. The girl and the Rhode Island woman were both shot in the leg, the third woman was shot in the foot.
Earlier, when asked about the exact age of the victims, an NYPD spokesperson told Sputnik that the investigation was only in its initial stages.
Meanwhile NY1 reported that all three of the victims, the 4-year-old girl and two women, were taken to Bellevue Hospital and were expected to survive their injuries. They do not know each other and were not the intended targets.
The motive behind the shooting remains unknown. Police are reportedly searching for a male suspect.
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