Did Police Shoot and Kill Man Outside Hotel in Times Square shooting?
The intersection of 46th and Broadway is in the heart of Times Square. The hotel — and a giant Bank of America illuminated sign — is at the southwestern … Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNGro3JRk_BZe16xp2scv6G6_xoZZw&sig2=loUUkTvLOhY9x1GyTWjIOA&cid=1486790173&ei=iE4hS6D-Cp2s9QSyif2sAw&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcityroom.blogs.nytimes.
Indeed they did. Read the article below: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/police-shoot-man-at-hotel-in-times-square/ December 10, 2009, 12:00 pm Police Shoot and Kill Man Outside Hotel in Times Square By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT AND A. G. SULZBERGER The Times Square Cam via earthcam.com * Watch Now » shooting aftermathPhotos by John Marshall Mantel for The New York Times Police descended on the Marriott Marquis Hotel after a plainclothes sergeant shot a 25-year-old Bronx man who the authorities said took part in a scam to intimidate tourists. Updated, 2:12 p.m. | A plainclothes police sergeant fatally shot a 25-year-old street peddler on Thursday morning outside the parking garage of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square after the officer confronted the man, who he believed had been a part of a scam to use CDs t
Police Shoot and Kill Man Outside Hotel in Times Square Updated, 2:12 p.m. | A plainclothes police sergeant fatally shot a 25-year-old street peddler on Thursday morning outside the parking garage of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square after the officer confronted the man, who he believed had been a part of a scam to use CDs to intimidate tourists, the authorities said. The slain man, who the police said opened fire first, was armed with a loaded Mac-10 automatic machine pistol, the police said. A major police response followed the shooting, which occurred around 11:15 a.m. at 46th Street and Broadway, a tourist-packed intersection, during a weekday morning when the streets were filled with shoppers. Emergency medical workers took the peddler to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, where he was first listed in serious condition. Paul J. Browne, the chief police spokesman, later said that the man had died. The man was not identified, but the authorities said he lived in the Bron