A 15-year-old boy was arrested Thursday for allegedly shooting three other teens during a fight in Times Square last week, the NYPD said.
The baby-faced suspect, whose name wasn’t released because he is a minor, has been charged with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon for the July 17 shooting, police said.
Cops believe the young triggerman — whose photo the department released last week — squeezed off eight rounds from a 9mm handgun in the Crossroads of the World last Monday at about 11:50 p.m.
The bullets struck three other kids, ages 15, 16 and 17. The younger pair were hit in the legs, while the 17-year-old was struck in the arm. All three went to the hospital in stable condition.
The gunman opened fire after he and four others — who had departed the subway near West 40th Street and Seventh Avenue — ran into a crew of about 25 Citi Bike-riding teens, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig told reporters last week.
He took off for the Times Square subway station after the shooting, cops said.
The NYPD released a surveillance photo of the boy, a lanky kid wearing a white tank top and black shorts with his hair tied in a bun, the following day.
The shooting was the capstone to a violent day for teens in the Big Apple.
Over a 12-hour span, a 15-year-old innocent bystander, Faridun Mavlonov, was fatally shot in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and a 16-year-old boy was wounded by a gunman on a Citi Bike just outside Crotona Park in the Bronx.
