Who has emboldened this sort of running gun battles?

Suspect, 16, who 'shot and injured Marine' in Times Square is charged with attempted murder after turning himself in to cops while accompanied by his mother

• Avon Darden, 16, handed himself over to cops at the Midtown South Precinct station house on Wednesday a whopping ten days after the shooting
• Samuel Poulin, 21, was hit in the back by a ricocheting bullet as he walked with his family near the Marriott Hotel on W. 45th St. around 5:15 p.m. on June 27 
• The young Marine was hospitalized after the shooting but was luckily not seriously injured 
• Because of his age, Darden was reportedly charged as a minor for a number of crimes including attempted murder and assault