Three people were injured, including a 4-year-old girl after a shooting in Times Square on Saturday night, and the New York Police Department (NYPD) began chasing the perpetrator.
A senior police official confirmed that the three victims were unintended targets of fire, and a preliminary investigation indicated that none of them were connected.
Police said the girl was hit in the leg, a 24-year-old woman was hit in the thigh, and a 44-year-old woman was hit in the foot. The three victims have been taken to the nearby Bellevue Hospital and are expected to survive.
Two law enforcement officials said that the shots were fired after a group of four men disagreed with each other, when one of them pulled a rifle. Police officers were reportedly nearby the shooting and said they have a picture of the suspect.
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People in the square were advised to expect delays as police cordoned off roads to conduct an investigation, after the shooting occurred minutes before five in the evening close to the corner of W 44th and 7th Avenue.
"The perpetrators of this foolish violence are being tracked and the NYPD will bring them to justice. The flow of illegal weapons into our city must stop," NY Mayor Bill de Blasio wrote on Twitter.
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