UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — Charges are pending against a homeless man who police say fired shots at two construction workers near Central Park on the Upper West Side.
It happened near West 71st Street around 8:45 a.m. Friday.
Investigators say the workers were hanging out on a bench in the park when the homeless man began acting strangely.
Police say an argument among the three men turned physical, and that’s when the suspect pulled out a gun and fired three rounds.
No one was hit, but the shots scared residents in the neighborhood.
“There was a lot of panic and it’s obviously the heart of the Upper West Side so people were very worried,” resident Sean Morrison said.
Authorities say they recovered a weapon when they arrested the 33-year-old suspect.
Few other details were released.
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