A man with body armor and with a high -power rifle shot and killed four people, including a police officer out of service that worked in an office building in the center of Manhattan, sources told ABC News.
The incident occurred just before 6:30 pm on Monday in a building located in 345 Park Ave. and 52nd Street, the sources said, which contain the headquarters of the Blackstone investment company and the National Football League, Fuentes said.
It is not clear if those companies, or some company in the building, were linked to the shooting.
After apparently locked on the 33rd floor, the suspect was found dead so it is believed to be a self -inflicted gunshot wound, the sources added.
A police officer and a civilian were fired outside an office building in Park Avenue on Monday, police sources told ABC News.
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The reason is currently under investigation, said FBI deputy director, Dan Bongino.
The surveillance images captured the suspect outside the building, according to the sources.
A police officer and a civilian were shot in the center of Manhattan on Monday by a suspect who fled to an offices building, police sources told ABC News.
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Some of the employees were informed within 345 Park Ave.
A witness within the office building of the city center at the time of the shooting detailed ABC News what it was in the scene when colleagues hid in closing, insecure of what was being developed.
“We listened to multiple shots in rapid succession from the first floor, and many of us rush to the room,” said Jessica Chen, and added that she was on the second floor of the building watching a presentation with another 150 people when the shooting began.
“Some went to the back door, they took to the street. Other people, including me, we found the conference room and then barricó the tables through the doors and stayed still,” Chen said.
“I sent a text message to my parents’ I love you,” Chen said. “Nothing can describe that feeling.”
The employees locked a door on the 32nd floor of building 345 Park Ave. during the shooting.
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Cen continued to say that he remembered having made active drills at school and said he often wondered what he would do in this type of stage. “It is unfortunate that all Americans can think this,” Chen said.
The mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, previously warned of residents that would avoid the area in the “active handle of shooters.”
The New York City Police Department also urged people to avoid the neighborhood of EAST 52nd Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue due to police activity.
“Wait for emergency vehicles And delays in the surrounding area, “said New York police on social networks.
The staff and agents of the FBI field office in New York responded “to provide support in the active crime scene in Manhattan,” Bongino said in X.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said she has been informed about the situation.
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