text: Local photographer Muhammad Malik was coming out of the subway when he happened upon the immediate aftermath of this morning's deadly shooting near the Empire State Building. He promptly uploaded a photo of one victim, bleeding on the pavement, to Instagram, complete with a crass caption quoting the rapper Nas: " " On Facebook, he added, "MAN DOWN! SHOTS FIRED!" 
   
   Soon after, the news organizations came calling for permission to run the picture. "OMG, reporters are calling me from all over the country!" he wrote. "Making major deals! #chaching." But when reached by Daily Intel to ask about his rate, Malik was more subdued. "Actually to be honest, it's free — I don't even care," he said. "That happened this morning, at this point it's just too much for me." He also insisted he wasn't being offensive. ||||| Notice 
   
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target: – One of the more widely used images from today's shooting spree near the Empire State Building shows a wounded man on the street being being tended to by a woman. Turns out it was shot by local photographer Muhammad Malik, who immediately uploaded it to Instagram with this not-so-sensitive caption, a play off of lyrics by Nas: "They shoot, aw made you look! No really tho. Dude got popped!" That drew plenty of online criticism, as did his Facebook boasts (complete with hashtag #chaching) about cashing in on the photo. "Let's be clear everyone, I didn't shoot anyone, I just took a photo, don't hate me, hate the actions that caused me to get a picture like that," he wrote in response. "It's cameras that allow all of us to see what's going on in parts that we would never venture into or otherwise wouldn't think twice about." When Daily Intel caught up with him, a "more subdued" Malik said he would "probably not" make any money from the image. "I don't think it was insensitive," he said. "It's New York, I just took a photo." As for that caption, "it was just a comment."