"Yonkers Police Arrest Teen Suspect in Times Square Shooting"

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"Yonkers Police Arrest Teen Suspect in Times Square Shooting"
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A 15-year-old suspect in a shooting and shoplifting incident in Times Square, who immigrated from Venezuela last September, was arrested in Yonkers. The suspect allegedly shot at a security guard, injuring a tourist, and fired at police officers before fleeing into a subway station. He is also a suspect in a previous Times Square shooting and an armed robbery in the Bronx. The NYPD has described the shooting as part of a "trend in crimes" involving migrants in the city, but emphasized that migrant crimes represent a small amount of violent crime overall.

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