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17-Year-Old Arrested and Charged in Sheridan Square Pride Shooting

Police arrested the 17-year-old suspect on Staten Island to face attempted murder, assault, weapons possession charges following a June 29 clash between rival youth groups that left two teenagers wounded

A 16-year-old girl was accidentally shot in the head by a friend moments after shooting an innocent bystander in the leg near 3 Sheridan Square in Manhattan on Sunday, June 29, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
NYPD officers shut down Washington Square Park following the NYC Pride March after bear mace was deployed in the crowd in New York USA on June 29 2025. Multiple people were sprayed and sought medical aid as police cleared the area. Hours later a shooting occurred outside the Stonewall Inn further disrupting Pride celebrations in Greenwich Village.
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Overview

  • Authorities charged the suspect with attempted murder, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon, and his arraignment is pending in Manhattan Criminal Court.
  • NYPD detectives say the violence began when a 16-year-old girl fired two shots at a rival youth group near Sheridan Square, missing her intended target and striking a 17-year-old bystander in the thigh.
  • Moments later her 17-year-old companion returned fire with four rounds directed at the opposing group but inadvertently hit the female shooter in the head.
  • The bystander was treated at Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital and is expected to recover, while the 16-year-old shooter remains in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital.
  • Police attribute the episode to tensions between rival Brooklyn-based youth factions and have stepped up patrols to curb gun violence at public gatherings.