Gunshot Fired Near MetroTech Center, NYPD Says

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN, NY — A gunshot fired near Downtown Brooklyn's MetroTech Center Wednesday morning created a hectic scene but injured no one, according to witnesses and police.

The single shot was fired around 11:10 a.m. at Jay and Willoughby streets during a fight between two groups of people, the NYPD said. No one has been arrested, and police did not have a description of the shooter.

Photos posted to Twitter showed a large police presence on a plaza outside the complex adjacent to New York University's Tandon School of Engineering.

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Erick Moore, who was two blocks away when the shooting happened, tweeted that he "saw and heard police cars coming frantically from all directions" going to the site of the incident.

NYU's Public Safety department said the shooting appeared unrelated to the university. The department advised students to avoid the area but said there was no active shooter.

(Lead image: A shooting drew a heavy police presence to MetroTech Center on Wednesday. Photo by Justin Hendrix via Twitter/Used with permission)