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The suspect in the Times Square shooting that left 3 people wounded has been arrested by US Marshals in Florida

Kelly McLaughlinMay 12, 2021, 23:22 IST

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Times Square earlier this month.Noam Galai/Getty Images

Farrakhan Muhammad has been arrested in connection to Saturday's Times Square shooting.
Three people were injured in the shooting, including a four-year-old girl.
Police said Muhammad had meant to shoot his brother but instead hit the three other people.

A suspect has been arrested in connection to Saturday's Times Square shooting in which three people were injured.

Farrakhan Muhammad was arrested by US Marshals on Wednesday in Florida, according to ABC News reporter Aaron Katersky.

Police told CBS New York that Muhammad was trying to shoot his brother, but missed and instead shot a 23-year-old tourist from Rhode Island, and a 43-year-old woman from New Jersey, and a four-year-old girl who was shopping with her family.

Police said Muhammad was an illegal street vendor, adding that an argument with his brother over where to sell goods sparked the shooting.