NEW YORK (AP) — New York Police were investigating after an off-duty officer shot and wounded a man Wednesday night inside Pennsylvania Station, the main intercity railroad station in New York City and the busiest station in the U.S.
Police responded to a 911 call at 7 p.m. reporting a 32-year-old man had been “shot about the body” inside 2 Pennsylvania Plaza in midtown Manhattan, a complex that includes Penn Station, a police spokesperson said.
The unidentified man was transported to a hospital and was in stable condition, police said.
No additional information about the shooting was immediately released, including what led up to it.
Video showed a large police presence at a section of the station that serves the Long Island Railroad.
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