Alleged Times Square shooter Farrakhan Muhammad held without bail
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The man who allegedly opened fire in Times Square over the weekend, wounding two women and a 4-year-old girl, made his first court appearance Thursday.
Farrakhan Muhammad was ordered held without bail pending an extradition hearing, appearing from the Bradford County Jail in Starke, Florida.
The county judge appointed a lawyer to discuss the extradition process with Muhammad, who will return to court Thursday, May 20, at 10 a.m.
His girlfriend, Kristine Jamaica Vergara, also appeared in court, telling the judge she is from Jacksonville, where her mother lives.
Fox News Alex Hogan reports police have arrested the suspect accused of opening fire in New York City’s Times Square, shooting three innocent bystanders, including a 4-year-old girl.
The New York City man accused of shooting three innocent bystanders – including a 4-year-old girl – during a dispute in Times Square over the weekend spoke publicly from the jail where he is being held as he awaits jurisdiction, telling a local news station he wasn’t in the Big Apple during the shooting and knows nothing. I don’t know. I still don’t know nothing, Farrakhan Muhammad, 31, told WCJB-TV from Bradford County Jail on Wednesday. Muhammad was arrested a day earlier in connection with allegations that he opened fire in Times Square on Saturday, striking three people including a child who was shopping for toys at the time, police said. He was in court for a brief appearance on Thursday.
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