Explosion Hits Military Recruiting Station at New York’s Times Square
DEVELOPING STORY — An explosive device damaged a military recruiting station at approximately 3:45 a.m. in Times Square early Thursday, and police blocked off the area to investigate.
The explosive device caused minor damage, and no one was injured, police said. The explosion shattered a glass entryway.
A witness decribed the explosion as, “loud enough that people at the Marriott Marquis Hotel heard it and saw a puff of smoke.”
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Members of the police department’s bomb squad and fire officials gathered outside the recruiting station.