After the final buzzer confirmed the Knicks’ 94-90 victory over the San Antonio Spurs at Texas’ Frost Bank Center on Saturday, June 13, throngs of people sporting blue and orange flocked to the streets of all five boroughs. Amid the raucous celebration \u2014 which also followed the first World Cup game in the N.Y.C. area \u2014 a teenager was shot, four people were stabbed and five buses were set on fire, among other altercations, a New York Police Department (NYPD) spokesperson confirmed to PEOPLE.<\/p>\n
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During and after the championship game, crowds numbering tens of thousands gathered around the Knicks’ home turf of Madison Square Garden and \u201cbecame increasingly destructive, and there were many incidents of incredibly reckless and dangerous behavior,\u201d according to the NYPD spokesperson.<\/p>\n
One incident resulted in a 17-year-old being shot at Broadway and 43rd Street, the latter of which was so packed with people that an ambulance could not transport the victim, police said.<\/p>\n
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Crowds in N.Y.C. light fireworks after the Knicks’ NBA title win
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Police transported the teen to a hospital, and there are three people of interest in custody in connection with the shooting, the NYPD spokesperson said. A firearm was also recovered from the scene.<\/p>\n
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Also among the violent incidents were four stabbings and \u201cslashings,\u201d and multiple \u201clarge physical fights\u201d that broke out, according to police. Ten members of the NYPD were also injured amid the celebrations, police said. One was struck with a glass bottle. Another was punched in the face.<\/p>\n
Property \u2014 including school buses being used to transport people from N.Y.C. to MetLife Stadium in New Jersey for the World Cup games \u2014 was also destroyed amid the chaos that came during and after the Knicks’ big win.<\/p>\n
Five of the buses were \u201clit on fire\/destroyed with bats and people jumping on them,\u201d the NYPD spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
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Times Square after the Knicks’ NBA championship win
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One of the passengers \u200bwho exited one of the World Cup transport buses before it was surrounded, Youssef Sabbr, told Reuters<\/a>, “They are expressing their happiness, a little bit violently, but it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n “That’s what happens everywhere around the world when a team wins,” Sabbr, 49, told the outlet.<\/p>\n Five NYPD cars were also \u201cbadly damaged,\u201d as people were using bats to hit the vehicles, as well as jumping on top of them, police said. Other non-NYPD or World Cup vehicles were also destroyed, with damage including shattered windows.<\/p>\n
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