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In New York, USA, a shooting happened in Times Square, which is usually crowded with tourists.
A Brazilian tourist was hit by a stray bullet and taken to hospital.
The suspect was a 15-year-old Venezuelan immigrant.
Reporter Kyung-mi Lee reports.
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A shopping center in Times Square, New York, USA.
A man in white looked around, took a gun out of his bag, and fired it somewhere.
At around 7 pm on the 8th, local time, a security guard at a sporting goods store stopped three people who were trying to leave with stolen goods and took away the stolen goods, and one of them got a gun out and fired.
In this accident, a female tourist from Brazil in her 30s who was passing by was hit by a stray bullet and was taken to hospital.
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“Last night’s shooting in Times Square, one of the busiest areas in the city, was beyond reckless.”
Police arrested one of the three robbery suspects near the scene, a 15-year-old from Venezuela who was identified as staying at a hostel for illegal immigrants.
Last month, an incident took place in the same place, Times Square in New York, where seven immigrants attacked a police officer.
When the police took a man into custody, a fierce fight began, and the young people joined around him and kicked him several times, as captured on CCTV footage.
Most of these people, in their late teens to early 20s, were immigrants from Venezuela who had entered the United States less than a year ago and were reportedly living in migrant shelters.
According to the New York Police, in November last year, the number of assaults on police officers was more than 3,200, which is an increase of 41% compared to 2021.
This is Gyeongmi Lee from MBC News.
Video Editing: Kim Chang-gyu
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