There was a stampede in Times Square last night after people heard what they thought was gunfire. The sound was apparently from a motorcycle backfiring.
Police confirmed there was no active shooter.
The scene unfolded around 10 p.m. ET Tuesday. Video from a high rise show people running in all directions.
“There is no #ActiveShooter in #TimesSquare. Motorcycles backfiring while passing through sounded like gun shots,” tweeted NYPD Midtown North.
Times Square is one of the world’s busiest tourist destinations.
Motorcycles backfiring trigger panic at Times Square in New York City; police confirm there is no active shooter pic.twitter.com/Gsqs3ysUNY
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People around the nation remain on edge after last weekend’s double mass shooting.
A gunman opened fire on shoppers in a Walmart in El Paso on Saturday. Twenty-two people died and more than 20 were injured.
In Dayton, Ohio, early Sunday, a man with a semiautomatic firearm killed nine people outside a bar before he was shot dead by police. About 27 others were injured.
