Times Square shooting suspect Jesus Rivas-Figueroa is escorted by detectives into a New York County Criminal Courtroom for arraignment on Feb. 10, 2024.
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
The 15-year-old migrant charged with Thursday’s Times Square shooting that left a woman injured faced the walk of shame Saturday as he headed for court for arraignment on adult criminal charges.
Jesus Rivas-Figueroa, who had been picked up Friday afternoon in Yonkers following an extensive NYPD manhunt, was marched in handcuffs into a Manhattan criminal courtroom on Feb. 10 for booking on charges of assault, attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
Law enforcement sources said Rivas-Figueroa allegedly opened fire during a botched shoplifting attempt with two other suspects at JD Sporting Goods on West 42nd Street off 7th Avenue on the night of Feb. 8. Though he allegedly aimed at security personnel, he wound up missing and instead struck a 37-year-old female tourist in the left thigh.
While fleeing the scene, police alleged that Rivas-Figueroa also allegedly took aim at police officers near the corner of West 51st Street and 6th Avenue. Miraculously, neither police officers nor any bystanders were injured.
“He shot at the NYPD officers who pursued him through Midtown, without a single thought of who he might hit — or who he might kill,” Police Commissioner Edward Caban said at a press conference on Feb. 9 announcing Rivas-Figueroa’s arrest. “But just like we promised, less than 24 hours later, he’s locked up and off of our streets.”
Rivas-Figueroa, who police said came to the U.S. from Venezuela about six months ago, was tracked down by U.S. Marshals Friday at a relative’s home in Yonkers. Police officials said he had been residing at the Stratford Arms Hotel on the Upper West Side.
While walking past reporters assembled at the New York County Criminal Court House on Saturday afternoon, Rivas-Figueroa kept his head down and remained silent as NYPD…
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