NEW YORK, June 14 (Our New York News) — The New York Police Department said three persons of interest were taken into custody after a 17-year-old boy was shot in the foot near 42nd Street and Broadway as Knicks championship celebrations in Times Square turned chaotic early Sunday.
Police said officers responded to the shooting at about 2:01 a.m. The teen was shot once in the left foot and taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, according to the NYPD. Police also said a firearm was recovered at the scene.
What remains unclear is who, if anyone, has been formally charged. The available public accounts reviewed for this article did not identify the three people taken into custody, list charges, cite a criminal complaint, name a court, identify a prosecutor or defense lawyer, or provide a docket number tied to the shooting or to the property damage reported in and around Times Square.
That gap is important because much of the public record so far is made up of police statements, video descriptions and firsthand reporting from the scene, not court filings. Police have described a shooting response and arrests. Videos and journalists at the scene described damaged vehicles, people climbing buses and crowds moving through Midtown. But the available information does not yet show how investigators have linked any specific person to any specific criminal allegation.
The unrest followed celebrations after the New York Knicks won the NBA championship. Crowds gathered in Times Square and around Madison Square Garden late Saturday and into early Sunday, according to Associated Press and CNN reporting from the scene.
The clearest official account concerns the shooting. The NYPD placed it near 42nd Street and Broadway in Times Square, at about 2:01 a.m. Police said the victim was 17, was struck once in the left foot and was stable after being taken to Bellevue. Police also said three persons of interest were detained and that a firearm was recovered.
Police also said multiple arrests were made during the broader disorder, according to the Associated Press, but a final arrest total was not available in the public accounts reviewed. No names or charging documents were included in those accounts.
The evidence of property damage is broader but less formal. Fox News Digital described video circulating online that appeared to show two people jumping onto the roof of an NYPD vehicle and smashing its windshield. Fox also described video that appeared to show people climbing on and entering school buses near Times Square.
The Associated Press reported that rowdy fans were seen smashing windshields, scaling scaffolding, climbing light poles and a statue, climbing into and on top of school buses in Times Square, and trying to get onto a moving fire truck. Those descriptions were based on AP reporting and bystander video, not on a criminal complaint or official damage report in the available material.
Reuters reported, based on a video journalist who witnessed the scene, that hundreds of mostly young people swarmed a convoy of about 15 shuttle buses in Times Square. Some climbed onto roofs, entered buses and sat in drivers’ seats, Reuters reported. Reuters also reported that one yellow school bus hired by the city government to help transport soccer fans was in flames, and that at least three other shuttle buses had heavy damage.
CNN reported that officers moved in after a crowd began damaging a parked school bus, including tearing off part of its hood, and that the bus was seen being rocked back and forth. CNN also reported that on Sixth Avenue around 2 a.m., multiple police cars were damaged and their windshields were shattered, with bottles and coolers thrown toward officers as more police moved in.
The available accounts do not include an FDNY statement, fire marshal finding or official cause for the reported bus fire. They also do not identify the type of firearm recovered, a suspected shooter, a motive, or whether the shooting was directly connected to the people seen damaging vehicles.
There is also some evidence of changing early information. The Associated Press reported that preliminary police reports indicated no one was injured, while later police-attributed accounts said the 17-year-old had been shot in the foot and hospitalized in stable condition. The later NYPD account of the teen’s injury is the most specific information available in the reviewed material.
As of the available public accounts, the documented findings are limited: NYPD said a 17-year-old was shot near 42nd Street and Broadway, three persons of interest were taken into custody and a firearm was recovered; major news organizations and video journalists documented damaged police vehicles and buses near Times Square; and no public court record or charging document was identified in the material reviewed.
