Shooting at Empire State Bldg.

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#1 Fri, Aug 24, 2012 - 11:55am
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Shooting at Empire State Bldg.

Sounds like the perp shot one guy in the head, and the cops shot nine other people trying to take him down...

From CNN:

11:26 AM ET Police kill gunman in shooting outside Empire State Building

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[Updated at 11:26 a.m. ET] A gunman fatally shot a former coworker in the head outside the Empire State Building Friday morning before he was killed by police officers, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.

The suspect, 53-year-old Jeffrey Johnson, was a "disgruntled former employee" of a company located inside the Empire State Building, Kelly said. As he tried to flee the scene, a construction worker alerted two police officers, who pursued him down 33rd Street, Kelly said.

Johnson pulled a .45 caliber gun on the approaching police officers but it not clear if he actually shot any rounds as police opened fire on him, Kelly said.

Nine people were wounded or grazed in the crossfire, Kelly said.

"Some may have been accidentally shot by police officers," Kelly said.

Edited by: Paladex on Nov 8, 2014 - 5:01am
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