Crime & Safety
Battery Park Shooting: 2 People Shot In Rare Lower Manhattan Gun Violence
UPDATES: A 32-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man were shot near Battery Park on Monday afternoon, police said.
BATTERY PARK, NY — A 34-year-old woman and 40-year-old man were injured in a shooting Monday afternoon near Battery Park, police said. The woman was hit in the left ankle and the man was hit in the torso, according to the NYPD. Both were expected to live.
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The NYPD and FDNY rushed to the scene of the shooting at 17 Battery Place near Washington Street after 3:15 p.m. Monday, a police spokesman told Patch. Before the shooting, the 40-year-old man was arguing with another man outside the building at 17 Battery Place, police said. The second man "opened fire" during the argument, according to authorities, striking the 40-year-old in the torso. Police said the woman was a bystander.
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Paramedics then transported the woman to Bellevue Hospital in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan and the man to Long Island College Hospital in Downtown Brooklyn for treatment, police said. Both were in stable condition on Monday evening.
One witness says shooter walked up behind victim, shot her in back of leg, and calmly walked away. pic.twitter.com/xetaxkM2uK
— Alex Silverman (@AlexSilverman) April 24, 2017
Scene of shooting just outside Battery Park. Woman shot in leg, injuries not life threatening. Tourists moving freely. pic.twitter.com/mCgUVktwIj
— Alex Silverman (@AlexSilverman) April 24, 2017
Police confirm second shooting victim at Battery Pl & Washington St. Male taken to LI College Hospital in Brooklyn.
— Alex Silverman (@AlexSilverman) April 24, 2017
An NYPD spokesman told Patch that one man was in custody on Monday evening, but could not confirm his identity or whether charges had been filed against him. The shooting investigation was ongoing, a police spokesman said.
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Two hours after the shooting, the streets surrounding the crime scene were relatively quiet. However, Washington Street appeared to be closed between Battery Place and Morris Street.
Monday's broad-daylight gun violence was an aberration for Lower Manhattan. There have been no shootings reported in the NYPD's 1st precinct, which covers Tribeca and Fidi, in at least two years, police records show.
Currently sitting in NYC police station as a witness. Just saw a shooting in our direction. Two injured. Just happy to be alive.
— Brooke Lauren Cusack (@brlaurenc) April 24, 2017
Shooting outside my work today. We are all ok but shaken up. Almost constant sirens. @NYGovCuomo we need stricter gun control NOW. pic.twitter.com/aoLqBe6CT4
— Lauren T. Mack (@eltimack) April 24, 2017
This post has been updated throughout with additional information.
Simone Wilson and Marc Torrence contributed to this report.
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