Police: Motorcycle backfiring causes panic in Times Square

Name: Police: Motorcycle backfiring causes panic in Times Square
Uploaded: 2019-08-07T21:00:00+00:00
Duration: 1 min 59 s
Description: NEW YORK (AP) — Frantic people scrambled to get out of Times Square on Tuesday evening, pounding on theater doors to find a place to hide after the sound of a motorcycle backfiring caused fear that gunshots were being fired in the wake of mass shootings in other American cities.

NEW YORK (AP) — Frantic people scrambled to get out of Times Square on Tuesday evening, pounding on theater doors to find a place to hide after the sound of a motorcycle backfiring caused fear that gunshots were being fired in the wake of mass shootings in other American cities.

Posted August 7, 2019 5:09pm EDT