{"id":26564,"date":"2025-06-30T07:38:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T07:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26564\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T07:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T07:38:37","slug":"2-shot-outside-historic-stonewall-inn-following-nyc-pride-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26564\/","title":{"rendered":"2 shot outside historic Stonewall Inn following NYC Pride March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two people were shot near the historic Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village Sunday night following the Big Apple\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/29\/us-news\/nyc-pride-parade-fills-streets-with-glitter-and-glee-as-nypd-wannabe-marchers-protest-uniform-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pride parade earlier in the day<\/a>, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>A man was shot in the head and is in critical condition, fighting for his life, while a woman was shot in the leg and is in stable condition, cops said. <\/p>\n<p>Both were rushed to area hospitals. <\/p>\n<p>NYPD at the scene of a double shooting near the historic Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan on Sunday. William Miller<\/p>\n<p>A man was shot in the head and is in critical condition, police said. William Miller<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to a report of shots fired just around the corner from the LGBTQ+ landmarked bar \u2014 which was hosting Pride celebrations throughout the day and into the night \u2014 around 10:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t immediately clear if the shooting was targeted \u2014 including whether it was a hate crime related to Pride \u2014 or how many suspects were involved.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Shellshocked bystanders still at the scene an hour after the victims were taken to the hospital were shrieking and crying as cops tried to comfort them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis area has been packed with people all day, and we were getting ready to party through the night, and then, all of a sudden, \u2018Boom boom boom!\u2019 \u2014 everyone\u2019s ducking and running for cover and screaming. It was complete pandemonium,\u201d one witness, a woman who asked not to be named, told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>The Greenwich Village, specifically The Stonewall Inn where the 1969 Stonewall Riots began, is at the heart of annual Pride celebrations in NYC.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams said he was briefed on the shooting in a statement he shared on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to a report of shots fired just around the corner from the LGBTQ+ landmarked bar around 10:15 p.m. William Miller<\/p>\n<p>Two people were shot Sunday night outside the iconic Stonewall Inn after the Pride March. Citizen app<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made. Citizen app<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaddened to learn about the shooting by the Stonewall Inn tonight as Pride celebrations were winding down,\u201d Adams said on X. \u201cDuring a time when our city should be rejoicing and celebrating members of our diverse LGBTQ+ community, incidents like this are devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re praying for the speedy recovery of the victims in tonight\u2019s shooting,\u201d he added. \u201cThe NYPD will work quickly and tirelessly to bring the suspects to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The shooting occurred mere hours after a false report of gunfire during Pride celebrations at Washington Square Park sparked a stampede as thousands fled the packed greenspace. <\/p>\n<p>A shirtless man had unleashed bear spray during or before the mad dash in the park and was taken into custody, police said. <\/p>\n<p>More than 50 people<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/30\/us-news\/more-than-50-injured-after-shirtless-man-unleashes-bear-spray-during-pride-gathering-in-washington-square-park-causing-stampede\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> were injured during the chaos<\/a> \u2014 either by the stampede or the potent chemical spray, according to law enforcement sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people were shot near the historic Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village Sunday night following the Big Apple\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,10448,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,3677,23155,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-26564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-gay-pride","10":"tag-metro","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-shootings","18":"tag-stonewall-inn","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-us-news","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114771178756669065","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}