1 Shot Near Times Square, 3rd Shooting in Area This Year

1 Shot Near Times Square, 3rd Shooting in Area This Year
A view of Times Square is shown in New York City, on May 5, 2021. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Honest Company
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NEW YORK—A person was shot in the leg Monday near New York City’s Times Square, police said. It was the third shooting this year in the area, a top destination for Big Apple tourists.

The shooting happened around 12:15 p.m. near the entrance to a subway station at 40th Street and 7th Avenue, police said, about two blocks south of the building where the ball drops on New Year’s Eve.