GREENWICH VILLAGE — A man fired a gun at another man in Washington Square Park in a fight over a woman, police said.
Police said a 25-year-old man approached a 29-year-old man's girlfriend in the park about 11:15 p.m. on Wednesday and asked for sexual favors.
The couple took offense, police said, and started arguing with the 25-year-old.
The 25-year-old then took out a gun and hit the other man in the head with it twice, police said, before firing a single shot.
The gunshot hit the pavement, dislodging a concrete fragment that flew up in the air and hit the 29-year-old man, police said.
Police said the injured man refused medical attention at the scene.
The NYPD is still looking for the gunman, whom they describe as approximately 5-foot-5.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
