Man dies after being shot near New York’s ‘gun-free’ Times Square

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Man dies after being shot near New York’s ‘gun-free’ Times Square
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NEW YORK - A man was shot dead on Thursday a few blocks from the heart of New York’s Times Square tourist hub, which last year was made a gun-free zone, police said.

The 22-year-old man, who was not identified, later died at Mount Sinai West hospital, the New York Police Department said in a statement.The shooting, outside a fast-food restaurant near the illuminated electronic billboards and tourist hordes of Times Square, sent frightened bystanders running, local media reported.

“It was a couple young dudes who shot him,” Mr Colon said. “His body was laid right out on the sidewalk. He was face-up, shaking.”Two gunmen ran off on foot down Eighth Avenue, unnamed sources told the Daily News.

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