2 dead, 8 injured in shooting near Empire State Building in Manhattan, police say

DEVELOPING: Two people were shot dead and eight others wounded whena gunman opened fire near the Empire State Building in Manhattan, authorities said.
A law enforcement source told Fox News that the gunman, described as security guard, was a disgruntled employee who was fired Thursday from his job at a location either inside the Empire State Building or near it.
Authorities said the victims were shot just after 9 a.m. Friday and that the gunman was killed by police. A second law enforcement source told Fox News that one of the victims has died.
The FBI confirmed to FoxNews.com that they were on the scene investigating.
A security guard said he heard seven or eights shots fired in the shooting, which occurred at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue.


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I see some news outlets are already blaming the police for shooting some of the victims that were in the crossfire. I'm sure there's some ambulance chaser out there that'll be suing the cops for doing their jobs.

What are people's thoughts on Bloomberg's statement that officers may have shot civilians?

Personally -- he was in a catch-22. Denial would have led to all sorts of crap had it turned out that a round from a cop did hit a civilian. Admit the possibility -- and he gets accused of not standing behind the cops. He's a politician; he's going to do what saves his job...

The most important thing: The responding cops were handed on hell of a shit sandwich, given the crowds at rush hour in NYC. They handled it pretty damn well!

we call that here a slow day

I was in NYC yesterday, fortunately not terribly close to the Empire State Building.

Video of the shooting:

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/o...Cops/167394705

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Originally Posted by Jks9199

What are people's thoughts on Bloomberg's statement that officers may have shot civilians?

Personally -- he was in a catch-22. Denial would have led to all sorts of crap had it turned out that a round from a cop did hit a civilian. Admit the possibility -- and he gets accused of not standing behind the cops. He's a politician; he's going to do what saves his job...

The most important thing: The responding cops were handed on hell of a shit sandwich, given the crowds at rush hour in NYC. They handled it pretty damn well!

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Does anybody have the whole interview or statement that they pulled that sound bites from? I am wondering if sound bite was in response to a question or just his own statement.

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