An "emotionally disturbed" man, named Glenn Broadnax triggered a shooting in Time Square on Saturday, September 14th. He was standing in the road facing oncoming traffic and the police officers were trying to get him out of the road. When they did this, Broadnax started to run. He put his hand in his pocket to "grab something" and when he took his hands out he used them to make a gun and "shot" and the officers. "At some time he reached into his pocket, took out his hand and simulated as if he was shooting at them," Kelly told reporters late Saturday. Doing this made the police officers shoot their actual guns, hitting two pedestrians and injuring them both. They shot three times before finally getting close enough to use a taser. Glenn is now in the Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital and is in there as an "emotionally disturbed person". He will be charged with riot, criminal possession of a controlled substance, menacing, resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration and disorderly conduct. These charges could change once he goes to court.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/15/justice/times-square-police-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews
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