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Police say a man has been shot in the ankle near the Barclays Center in New York City after an argument.

Police say the shooting happened around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday outside a shopping center across the street from the Brooklyn arena, where the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and the NHL’s New York Islanders play and the site of concerts and other events. Crowd of panicked people went running after the gunshots rang out.

Police were searching for two men involved in the altercation. No one else was injured.

The victim was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition.

One suspect was described by the NYPD as a black male, thin build, last seen wearing a blue baseball hat, a black shirt, and dark colored pants with a white stripe down the side.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

(AP)