The young man was killed by a bullet on Thursday afternoon (9/2) (local time) in New York City, just outside Times Square, the metropolis’ tourist magnet where guns are theoretically banned, police said.

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) was notified at 5:30 pm (00:30 Greek time) and its officers administered first aid to a 22-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the chest at the intersection of 8th Avenue and 44th Street. A street in Manhattan opposite a restaurant.

After being taken to the hospital, he “succumbed to his injuries,” a police spokesman said via email. “No arrests have been made” so far and “the investigation is ongoing.”

According to the tabloid New York Daily News, citing an eyewitness, two people shot at the young man, who then fled.

According to the same source, the shooting caused panic in the tourist area itself and “a crowd of people who ran to leave.”

Times Square is one of the most famous places in New York. It’s a crossroads and small plaza in the heart of Manhattan, set against giant electronic billboards lit up day and night for the 50 million visitors who pass through each year.

Usually from September 1, 2022, it is forbidden to carry weapons there.

As part of the fight against crime and the spread of firearms in New York City, center-right Mayor Eric Adams, a former police officer, ordered dozens of posters to be erected that read “Times Square: A Gun-Free Zone.” square.

After a significant increase in gun homicides in 2020 and 2021 in New York City, the number has dropped to 433 in 2022 in a city of 8.5 million people and one million visitors.

Source: RES