A guest at a wedding reception held Saturday in New York City's Waldorf Astoria Hotel was playing with a gun and accidentally fired it, authorities told WNBC-TV.
Still lots of police at Waldorf-Astoria after shooting at wedding- sources say it appears accidental pic.twitter.com/Eqrb2d6dJc
— Michael George (@mgeorge4NY) June 14, 2015
A bullet grazed a woman's head — a non life-threatening injury, the New York Daily News reported — while others were injured by broken glass, WNBC said.
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Two people were taken to Bellevue Hospital Center with minor injuries, FDNY officials said. Two others sustained minor injuries and were taken to Mount Sinai St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital.A fifth person refused medical attention at the scene, official said.
The 42-year-old shooter fired into the floor of the hotel’s first-floor lobby about 7:25 p.m. as photos were being taken at a wedding reception, the Daily News said.
He was in police custody after the incident, WNBC said.
"It's looking accidental. There's a hole in his pocket," a high-ranking NYPD source told the Daily News. "The woman hit was in no way the intended target. "
The source added to the paper that the gun was in the man’s pocket at the time the bullet was fired.
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