New York Times Square Shooting suspected man arrested in Florida

 

A man suspected of shooting three bystanders in New York's Times Square was arrested in Florida 

                         

                                  

In this image taken from video by the FDNY, pedestrians hurry away from the scene of a shooting in Times Square, Saturday, May 8, 2021, in New York. New York City police say three innocent bystanders including a 4-year-old girl who was toy shopping have been shot in Times Square and officers are looking for suspects.-AP / Images

 NEW YORK - A man suspected of shooting three bystanders in New York's Times Square was arrested in Florida Wednesday, four days after the injured, including a 4-year-old boy. Girls outside shopping for toys in tourist paradise known as "the" cross roads of the world. 

Farrakhan Muhammad was taken into custody over lunch in a McDonald's parking lot near Jacksonville, police said. "Although there is no joy today, there is justice. 

Muhammad, 31, was listed on Wednesday in a database of inmates in the sheriff's office in Bradford County, Florida, the city police commissioner said. New York, Dermot Shea wounded the three victims with scatter balls during an argument in Times Square around 5 p.m.Wendy Magrinat, a 23-year-old Rhode Island tourist, was shot in the leg on Saturday. 

A 43-year-old New Jersey woman was shot in the foot. The 4-year-old girl from Brooklyn was also shot in the leg. Magrinat, who was in town for a Mother's Day trip, told the Daily News that she yelled, 

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I have a 2-year-old" after being hit by a bullet, she stays in your leg for the rest of your life. Muhammad apparently aimed at his brother, but investigators have not yet identified the motive, said detective chief James Essig. He said the brothers appeared to have been selling CDs in Times Square. 

The police released videos and photos of Muhammad and asked the public to help him find it. His family publicly urged him to surrender.Officers identified Muhammad as a suspect within hours and soon discovered he was driving south, Essig said.

 The video showed Muhammad and a woman believed to be his girlfriend shopping for dog food and other supplies at a store in Fayetteville, North Carolina. 

Investigators found that he had connections to several addresses in Florida. A U. Marshal's Service refugee task force met the two on Wednesday while eating in a car outside a McDonald's in Starke, Florida. The police announced this. Muhammad shaved part of his hair, said Essig. The woman was not arrested under any circumstances, but police said their investigation was ongoing.