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Two people, a woman and a three-year-old child, were shot in New York City’s Times Square on Saturday evening, according to police.
They are expected to survive, and are being treated for injuries at Bellevue Hospital. The woman sustained a gunshot wound to her leg, according to authorities.
The shooting occurred around 5pm, three senior New York Police Department officials told NBC New York, near the corner of West 44th Street and 7th Avenue.
The woman was the child’s mother, according to the New York Post, citing police sources.
Police warned that they were cordoning off the scene of the incident for their investigation and could cause delays through the busy Manhattan crossroads.
“Expect traffic delays, road closures, and a heavy presence of emergency personnel in the area of West 44th Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan,” read a tweet on Saturday from New York City Emergency Management. “Avoid the area.”
Details about any potential suspect have not been released.
Video of the scene of the shooting from CBS New York shows at least five officers, as well as numerous police cruisers, sectioning off the center of Time Square, as throngs of masked tourists walk by.
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