Also on Tuesday, City College of New York student demonstrations were broken up by police. More than two dozen students were arrested by campus public safety before NYPD was called to detain at least 173 people. It’s unclear how many were “outside agitators,” a claim spouted by Mayor Adams and the NYPD.

Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations, while some Jewish students on the campuses have called the protests antisemitic and said they are scared for their safety.

There were no injuries or students nearby, and the bullet lodged in a wall. The matter is now under investigation.

The New York Police Department will hold a press conference Friday about a shot accidentally fired from an officer's gun during the clearing of protesters from Columbia University's Hamilton Hall Tuesday.

An NYPD officer fired his gun inside Hamilton Hall during Tuesday night's operation at Columbia University, the Manhattan district attorney's office confirms.