Were people wounded in the 1996 Times Square shooting in New York?”
A shooting on West 43d Street spilled into one of Times Square’s new upscale establishments early yesterday morning when a stray bullet crashed through the window of a hotel, killing a 50-year-old bellhop working the late shift in its marble and mosaic lobby, the police said. The barrage of gunfire — which sprayed at least eight bullets across the block between Avenue of the Americas and Broadway at 5:23 A.M. — left three other people injured, said Officer Sara Carpenter, a police spokeswoman. She said that the fight began as an argument inside Le Max restaurant, off the lobby of the newly refurbished Casablanca Hotel, and spilled out onto the street, erupting in gunfire. The shooting was a reminder that while the neighborhood has transformed itself from a seedy, crime-ridden district into a hub of top-name stores, children’s theaters and high-end office space, it still is not immune from the violence of the city. The shooting took place just down the block from Town Hall and Laura B
Indeed therer were. See link and text below: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/09/nyregion/bellhop-killed-3-wounded-in-times-square-shooting.html Bellhop Killed, 3 Wounded in Times Square Shooting By MICHAEL COOPER Published: December 9, 1996 A shooting on West 43d Street spilled into one of Times Square’s new upscale establishments early yesterday morning when a stray bullet crashed through the window of a hotel, killing a 50-year-old bellhop working the late shift in its marble and mosaic lobby, the police said. The barrage of gunfire — which sprayed at least eight bullets across the block between Avenue of the Americas and Broadway at 5:23 A.M. — left three other people injured, said Officer Sara Carpenter, a police spokeswoman. She said that the fight began as an argument inside Le Max restaurant, off the lobby of the newly refurbished Casablanca Hotel, and
A shooting on West 43d Street spilled into one of Times Square’s new upscale establishments early yesterday morning when a stray bullet crashed through the window of a hotel, killing a 50-year-old bellhop working the late shift in its marble and mosaic lobby, the police said. The barrage of gunfire — which sprayed at least eight bullets across the block between Avenue of the Americas and Broadway at 5:23 A.M. — left three other people injured, said Officer Sara Carpenter, a police spokeswoman. She said that the fight began as an argument inside Le Max restaurant, off the lobby of the newly refurbished Casablanca Hotel, and spilled out onto the street, erupting in gunfire.
