Woman shot inside JD Sports Store in midtown
Authorities on Friday nabbed a 15-year-old migrant suspected of shooting a tourist and firing at cops in Times Square, law enforcement sources said. The US Marshals Fugitive Recovery Task Force took the Venezuelan teen into custody in Yonkers at around 3:30 p.
m., according to the sources. It came just moments after NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell identified Jesus Alejandro Rivas-Figueroa as the “armed and dangerous” person of interest in connection with the chaotic incident at the Crossroads of the World Thursday night.Jesus Lejenadro Rivas-Figueroa was nabbed as a suspected of shooting a tourist and firing at cops in Times Square, law enforcement sources said..A migrant was quickly apprehended as he tried to flee Thursday night, after allegedly shoplifting from the JD Sports store in Times Square.He arrived in New York from Venezuela in September and has been staying at a temporary shelter at the Stratford Hotel on West 70th Street, Chell said. He is also a suspect in an armed robbery in the Bronx from January 27, and another incident in which shots were fired in Midtown, the police official said. The teen is considered “armed and dangerous” with what police believe is a “very large” .40-caliber handgun, Chell added.“He had no problems firing into a crowd at a store … and not shooting at cops once, but shooting at them twice,” Chell said of Rivas-Figueroa.retail store in Times Square on Thursday NYPD has identified Jesus Lejenadro Rivas-Figueroa, 15, as a person of interest in connection to the Thursday night shooting, Chief of Patrol John Chell said.A security guard at JD Sports at West 42 Street and Broadway approached a group of young males to stop them from stealing when one pulled out a gun, fired it in her direction and missed, hitting the nearby tourist. Sources said Friday that a 15-year-old and a third person were taken into custody and later released. Rivas-Figueroa and the two additional unnamed 16- and 15-year-old suspects went to school together, Chell said While the other 15-year-old was detained at the scene Thursday night, police are still trying to determine the 16-year-old’s role in the incident, the police official said. CNN suddenly cuts to commercial break as Wolf Blitzer looks like he's about to vomit: 'Wasn’t feeling 100%'How first lady Jill Biden and staff ‘protect’ Joe from White House press corps as concerns grow over his mental capacityRaquel Leviss pops up on the runway at NYFW amid new ‘Vanderpump Rules’ season Travis Kelce’s ex-Chiefs teammate: NFL ‘taking advantage’ of players by not giving enough Super Bowl tickets, suitesWatch out for big name celebrities in Super Bowl 2024's commercials Jesus Lejenadro Rivas-Figueroa was nabbed as a suspected of shooting a tourist and firing at cops in Times Square, law enforcement sources said.. A migrant was quickly apprehended as he tried to flee Thursday night, after allegedly shoplifting from the JD Sports store in Times Square.CNN suddenly cuts to commercial break as Wolf Blitzer looks like he's about to vomit: 'Wasn’t feeling 100%'
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