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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Nearly two dozen people were hurt when officials say a backfiring motorcycle sent people running for their lives Tuesday in Times Square.Witnesses said it sounded like an active shooter, triggering mass panic. “We just hear ‘pop, pop,…

After a weekend of two mass shootings that left a combined total of at least 31 dead, police say motorcycles backfiring in the popular New York tourist destination Times Square led people to believe they were at the center of a third. The confusion took plac…

After a weekend of two mass shootings that left a combined total of at least 31 dead, police say motorcycles backfiring in the popular New York tourist destination Times Square led people to believe they were at the center of a third. The confusion took plac…

NEW YORK CITY -- The FDNY says nine people were treated for minor injuries after the loud backfiring of motorcycles caused quite a scare in Times Square on Tuesday night.The incident just before 10 p.m. led people to believe gunshots had been fired. People b…

NEW YORK CITY (AP) The New York Police Department says the loud noise of a motorcycle backfiring caused a panic and sent people scrambling in Times Square. The department tweeted Tuesday evening, There is no #ActiveShooter in #TimesSquare. Motorcycles backfi…

TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan (WABC) -- The FDNY says nine people were treated for minor injuries after the loud backfiring of motorcycles caused quite a scare in Times Square on Tuesday night.The incident just before 10 p.m. led people to believe gunshots had been…

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There was widespread panic Tuesday night in Times Square after crowds mistook a backfiring vehicle for another mass shooting in America.According to police, at least one motorcycle backfired near near Seventh Avenue and 46th Street mul…

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A man believed to be carrying a machete and a cane is on the run in midtown Manhattan, after allegedly stealing juice from a nearby Starbucks. According to the NYPD, the perp lifted several pre-made items from the coffee chain's 42nd Street and 8th Avenue lo…