Teen Accused of Shooting Tourist in Times Square Charged With Attempted Murder

A suspected shoplifter who shot a tourist in the leg inside a sporting goods store in Times Square, New York, on Feb. 8, 2024. New York City Police Department Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry via AP

NEW YORK—A 15-year-old accused of shooting a Brazilian tourist in the leg in Times Square Thursday night and then firing at a police officer was charged Saturday as an adult with two counts of attempted murder.

Identified by police as a resident of a migrant shelter in Manhattan who arrived in New York from Venezuela late last year, the teenager was ordered held without bail after the assistant district attorney said he “cannot be trusted to return to court,” the New York Daily News reported.