New York Police Department officers took a teenage suspect into custody after gunfire erupted in Times Square, marking the first arrest linked to a daylight shooting that broke out just before 4pm near West 44th Street and Seventh Avenue on Thursday. Police say the youth was carrying a firearm that has now been recovered, and detectives are still working to establish whether the incident was random.
Authorities confirmed that no individuals sustained injuries. According to CBS, law enforcement successfully recovered one firearm from the youth, though investigations remain active to determine if the violence was random.