Times Square panic as backfiring motorcycle mistaken for mass shooter
New York — There was widespread panic Tuesday night in Times Square after crowds mistook a backfiring motorcycle for gunfire and a possible mass shooting, CBS New York reports. The bike was in a large group of motorcycles traveling through the area at the tim…
bubmagAugust 7, 2019
Footage Shows People Fleeing Times Square as Backfiring Motorcycles Mistaken for Gunshots
The New York City Police Department has issued a statement clarifying that sounds mistaken for gun shots in Times Square were actually the result of "motorcycles backfiring." The department said Tuesday night they had received multiple 911 inquiries and urge…
bubmagAugust 7, 2019
People Run For Their Lives in Times Square After Mistaking Motorcycle Backfiring For Gunshots – Yahoo Entertainment
People Run For Their Lives in Times Square After Mistaking Motorcycle Backfiring For Gunshots - Yahoo Entertainment
bubmagAugust 7, 2019
Panic in Times Square: Motorcycle Backfiring Mistaken for Shooter – collive.com
Motorcycles backfiring in the popular New York tourist destination Times Square caused thousands to flee in panic. Full Story, VideoAfter a weekend of two mass shootings that left a combined total of at least 31 dead, police say motorcycles backfiring in the …
bubmagAugust 7, 2019
Crowds Panic and Run After Motorcycle Backfire in Times Square Is Mistaken for Gunfire
The sound of motorcycles backfiring caused panic in New York City’s Times Square on Tuesday night, just days after mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, killed at least 31 people over the weekend. According to CBS New York, the panic began arou…
bubmagAugust 7, 2019
Hundreds flee; 22 injured…
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,…
bubmagAugust 7, 2019
VIDEO: People flee as motorcycle backfiring sparks panic in New York’s Times Square – KETV Omaha
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…
bubmagAugust 7, 2019
Motorcycles backfiring mistaken for an active shooter in Times Square – WPTV.com
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…
bubmagAugust 7, 2019
9 injured after sound of backfiring motorcycle causes Times Square scare – WPVI-TV
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…
bubmagAugust 7, 2019