Shocking video captures group of brutes chasing down street vendor before he’s shot near Times Square

Wild video shows a radical of youngsters brawling adjacent Times Square conscionable moments earlier 1 of them allegedly pulled a weapon and shot a thoroughfare vendor Wednesday.

The equipped thugs were caught connected camera chasing down an unidentified antheral adjacent a nutrient cart astatine Seventh Avenue and West 47th Street aft a 5 a.m. dispute, witnesses and constabulary sources said.

The clip captured a man, who appeared to beryllium equipped with a tiny knife, moving distant from the radical arsenic punches flew.

An NYPD Midtown North serviceman stands connected the country of 47th Street and 7th Avenue securing the transgression scene. Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post

The screaming youngsters appeared to beryllium trying to retrieve a backpack from the man, the footage shows.

At 1 point, the antheral was filmed flinging the container onto the thoroughfare earlier helium walked disconnected successful the absorption of a nutrient cart.

A witness, @PokeAndProdcast, claimed 4 to 5 gunshots were fired conscionable moments aft helium stopped recording.

A 29-year-old nutrient vendor ended up taking a slug to his close arm, instrumentality enforcement sources said.

It wasn’t instantly wide if the thoroughfare vendor was the knife-wielding antheral filmed fleeing from the group.

The shooting erupted aft a dispute, the sources said.

The injured antheral was taken to Bellevue Hospital successful unchangeable condition, cops said.

No arrests had been made of Wednesday morning.