Time Square shooting suspect gets time to consider extradition from Florida, judge rules
By FOX 35 News Staff
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The NYPD is reportedly hunting for Farrakhan Muhammad who was trying to shoot his brother when he shot three people including a young child in Times Square. (NYPD)
STARKE, Fla. - The man suspected of shooting and wounding three people in New York’s Times Square, including a 4-year-old girl, will get a few days to consider extradition from Florida.
At a brief hearing Thursday in Starke, Florida, a judge gave Farrakhan Muhammad several days to consult with a lawyer on whether he will waive a full extradition hearing and agree to return to New York.
Police arrested Farrakhan Muhammad, 31, in Florida, on Wednesday morning
He was picked up by US Marshals while eating fries at a McDonald s parking lot in Starke, near Jacksonville in Florida on Wednesday morning
A local source claimed Muhammad was apprehended after his car ran out of gas due to shortages affecting the area after the Colonial Pipeline was hacked
The suspect shaved his long hair short in an attempt at a disguise, NYPD officers told a press conference Wednesday
Muhammad is believed to be the gunman who opened fire on a crowd in Times Square on Saturday night, injuring three people
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.
Times Square shooting suspect says he wasn’t even there
Associated Press
Updated on:May 13, 2021, 3:53pm EDT
The man suspected of shooting and wounding three people in New York’s Times Square, including a 4-year-old girl, said in a television interview that he did not know anything about it and had been in New Jersey at the time.
Farrakhan Muhammad spoke to WCJB -TV at a county jail in Florida, where he was in custody after being arrested Wednesday.
“I left New York a few days ago . I was in (New) Jersey in a hotel,” Muhammad said. He said he went to Florida to live with his girlfriend’s relatives after being evicted.