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ニューヨーク：タイムズスクエアで銃撃戦　現場は一時騒然

ニューヨーク・マンハッタン最大の繁華街タイムズスクエアで１０日午前、
観光客相手に押し売り行為を繰り返していたとして警察が行方を追っていた容疑者の男（２５）と
私服警官が銃撃戦となり、男は射殺された。通行人らにけがはなかったが、
クリスマスシーズンを迎え、買い物客でにぎわっていた現場周辺は一時騒然となった。

米メディアによると、容疑者は観光客に自家製と触れ込んで
音楽ＣＤを１０ドル（約８９０円）で押し売りする行為で知られ、
暴行容疑で手配されていた。

違法屋台の取り締まり中の警官が１０日、職務質問しようとしたところ逃走、持っていた拳銃を２発発砲した。
警官が４発撃ち、容疑者に命中、病院に運ばれたが死亡した。
流れ弾で近くの土産物屋やホテルの窓ガラスなどが割れた。（共同）

http://mainichi.jp/select/jiken/news/20091211k0000e040066000c.html


CBS News

Times Square Shooting: Police Kill Scam Artist Who Opened Fire

NEW YORK (CBS/AP)
A scam artist opened fire on police in busy Times Square on Thursday afternoon
and was shot and killed by an officer near the famed Marriott Marquis hotel, police said.

No one else was injured. The 25-year-old suspect was recognized by
a plainclothes sergeant on a task force that monitors aggressive panhandling,
and took off running through the hotel's passenger drop-off area, chief New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said.

At some point, the man turned and opened fire on the officer,
continued running, then turned and fired again, Browne said.
The plainclothes officer returned fire, killing the suspect, Browne said.

Dave Kinmahan, a tourist from Boston, was parking his car in a spot
below street level at the hotel when he saw one man shooting another.

Kinmahan said he was about 20 yards away and wondered,
"Is this real or this a movie?"

The hotel is located in the Broadway theater district and near the heart of Times Square,
in an area that includes the Minskoff Theatre, home to the popular show
"The Lion King." Bullets hit the box office of the Marquis Theater where "White Christmas" is now playing, cracking the window.

It's not clear how many shots were fired.
Browne described the suspect's gun, which was recovered, as a pistol with a long clip.

Dozens of police officers surrounded the popular hotel,
taping off the valet parking area as tourists and holiday shoppers stopped to watch the commotion.

Kathleen Duffy, a spokeswoman for New York City Marriott Hotels,
said the shooting took place in a taxi pickup and drop-off area.
Duffy said the shooting didn't involve any guests or hotel employees.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/12/10/crimesider/entry5962805.shtml


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ニュースを知ってびっくり。
タイムズスクエアは通勤途中。地下鉄乗り換え駅。
近くでこんな事が起きているんだね・・・

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はぁ・・・・・・
今日は。
仕事の後で、一気に最悪な一日に。
心底、恥ずかしい気持ちでいっぱい・・・

本当に、本当に、ごめんなさい。