Breaking: Video Shows The Moment A Woman And Child Were Shot By A Black Man In Times Square

Three people were hospitalized Saturday evening after a shooting in Times Square left the youngest victim, a 4-year-old girl, injured and started the NYPD on a manhunt for the gunman responsible.

A senior NYPD official with direct knowledge of the investigation confirmed to NBC New York that all three victims were unintended targets of the shooting, and a preliminary investigation suggests none of them are related.

The young girl was struck in the leg, a 24-year-old woman was hit in her thigh and a 44-year-old woman was shot in the foot, police said. All three victims were taken to nearby Bellevue Hospital and expected to survive.

Shots were fired after a dispute between a group of four men and one of them pulled out a gun, two law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation told NBC New York. Police officers were reportedly nearby when the shooting occurred and have a photo of the suspect.

A few moments ago a breaking video was sent to us by one of our readers and it shows the moment where the woman and the child were shot in Times Square.

Video below:

A photo was just released of a “person of interest” in the Times Square shooting.

The photo reveals that the shooter is a black male.

Image below:

Several other videos on the social networks shows the aftermath of the shooting:

🚨Just In: Two People Shot A Woman And Her Child The Suspect Fled On Foot NYPD Are On The Scene Investigating The Area #NewYork | #NYC pic.twitter.com/xeVOEVdKzB

— J̵̟̦̲̞̭̱̀̈́͑̄̇̈́̚͝ustice (@The_Justice7) May 8, 2021

Aerial View Of A Nearby Live Stream Where The Shooting Happened #NewYork | #NYC pic.twitter.com/Ktv2gNK2RZ

— J̵̟̦̲̞̭̱̀̈́͑̄̇̈́̚͝ustice (@The_Justice7) May 8, 2021

Another Angle Of The Area#NewYork | #NYC pic.twitter.com/3CsPuykinE

— J̵̟̦̲̞̭̱̀̈́͑̄̇̈́̚͝ustice (@The_Justice7) May 8, 2021

A Closer Look From Above#NewYork | #NYC

Source: https://t.co/WZsHWUNPla pic.twitter.com/wbOWprud1k

— J̵̟̦̲̞̭̱̀̈́͑̄̇̈́̚͝ustice (@The_Justice7) May 8, 2021

New York police officer runs through Times Square carrying a four-year-old child who had just been shot:

WATCH: New York police officer runs through Times Square carrying four year old boy who had just been shot.

This is the reality happening in major US cities after politician’s cultivate societies based on chaos, disorder, and criminal lawlessness. pic.twitter.com/YQu04bWovm

— Katie Daviscourt🇺🇸 (@KatieDaviscourt) May 9, 2021

The shooting is yet another incident in a shocking rise in gun violence throughout the city. According to statistics released earlier this week by the NYPD, the city saw shootings increase by a jaw-dropping 166% in April 2021, as compared to the same month last year. In the same time frame, overall crime has also risen by 30%.