Man, 27, Shot Dead Just Blocks Away from Times Square

A manhunt is underway in New York City after a 27-year-old man was fatally shot in the head only steps away from Times Square early on Tuesday morning, the NYPD has said.

A police spokesman said the assailant was still at large on Tuesday morning after fleeing the scene, and the case is being treated as a homicide. The fatal shooting comes less than two weeks before an estimated one million people are expected to converge on the area for the traditional New Year’s Eve ball drop ceremony.