NEW YORK (AP) — An arrest has been made after police said a tourist from Kansas was hit in the shoulder by a stray bullet near Times Square.
Police say the 44-year-old man was shot shortly after 2 a.m. Wednesday near West 38th Street and Eighth Avenue.
Police do not believe he was the intended target.
The man was taken to Bellevue Hospital and is stable.
The Daily News reports that the victim told police he attended Tuesday's Mets-Phillies game in Philadelphia and then took a train or bus back to New York.
Police say he was headed to his hotel when he was shot.
WNBC-TV reports a suspect, identified as Brannovan Martinez, was taken into custody on Wednesday afternoon and charged with assault, criminal use of a firearm and reckless endangerment.
Asked about the incident at his daily briefing Wednesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, "I believe there's some real issues we have to address. I believe we've seen a serious uptick in gun violence that has to be addressed. It's going to be addressed, it is being addressed by more gun arrests, by deeper work with communities, more use of and more support for the CURE Violence movement and the Crisis Management System."
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