VIDEO: Daytime gun battle on Manhattan sidewalk
NEW YORK - The NYPD is looking for two men caught on a shocking video engaging in a broad daylight gun battle on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
According to authorities, at around 2:20 p.m. on May 25, the two dueling men turned part of West 103rd Street into a shooting gallery.
The incident began when one of the men, wearing a blue hoodie, gray sweatpants, and dark-colored sneakers turned a corner, fished a pistol from his waistband, and began wildly firing.
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The other man, wearing a dark-colored sweatshirt, dark-colored sweatpants with a vertical yellow stripe on the legs, and dark-colored sneakers took cover behind a car, took out his own pistol, and began shooting back.
The pair continued firing without managing to hit each other before the man in striped sweatpants got on a scooter and took off.
No one else was hit by a bullet during the gunfight.
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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS. Police say all calls are strictly confidential.