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New York City's Times Square will see an increased police presence following the shooting of a 21-year-old Marine who became caught up in an altercation among street vendors.
The incident occurred Sunday evening near Broadway at the intersection of 7th Avenue and 46th Street when a small group of vendors got into an argument, police told ABC News station WABC.
One vendor then pulled a gun and fired a single shot that ended up striking 21-year-old Samuel Poulin, who was standing just a few feet away near a Starbucks, WABC reported.
Dozens of police officers are being sent to patrol Times Square, NYPD Police Chief Rodney Harrison said at a press conference Monday.
Poulin, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the shooting, was grazed in the back by the bullet and immediately taken to Bellevue Hospital to be treated.