A college student who was one of nine bystanders inadvertently shot and wounded by the police outside the Empire State Building in August became the first one to file suit against the city on Tuesday.

The civil complaint, filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, accuses the two officers who fired their weapons of being negligent in how they handled the chaotic situation that erupted as the police pursued an armed man on Fifth Avenue during the morning rush on Aug. 24.

At least five other bystanders shot by the police that day have filed notices of claim, which precede a lawsuit, according to the city comptroller’s office.