The New York City police responded on Monday evening to reports of an armed suspect at Avenue Park in Manhattan who shot and killed at least four people. De Schutter later died of a shot wound that was created.
CNN reported that four people, including a NYPD officer, were killed in the shooting.
Video showed a man with a long gun who walked into a building on Park Avenue.
Jessica Tisch, the police commissioner of New York City, confirmed That “the only shooter is neutralized”. New York Police Said too The shooter acted alone and was dead.
The New York Times said that law enforcement officials identified the shooter as the 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura van Las Vegas.
The FBI Field Office of the city said in one Social Media Post It offered support to an “active place offense”. Civil servants warned those in the neighborhood to protect.
The police warned people around the area in one Social Media Post Shortly before 7 p.m. et.
Eric Adams, the mayor of New York, confirmed the active shooter and insisted on precautions.
“New Yorkers: There is now an active shooting study that takes place in Midtown,” Adams wrote in a post. “Take the right safety measures if you are in the area and do not go outside if you are near Park Avenue and East 51st Street.”
The suspect exchanged the fire with a NYPD officer in the lobby of the building at around 6.40 pm et, a law enforcement officer told CNN before moving to the 33rd floor. The same law enforcement officer said that the shooter was found dead in a stairwell with an apparent self -borrowed shot wound and a gun.
Photos show that people leave the building around 7 p.m.
In one Social Media PostAmerican Attorney General Pam Bondi said that the American attorney has set up a command post for the southern district of New York “, and that” local FBI agents are on site. “
US House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries expressed his concern about the “horrible shooting” and said he “prayed hard” for the NYPD officer.
“May God watch for our city during this challenging moment,” Jeffries written In a post.
The office building on 345 Park Avenue occupies an entire city block and houses the business offices for the National Football League and the head office of investment company Blackstone. It also has offices for JP Morgan Chase.
According to an ESPN reporter, Jeff DarlingtonAn NFL security warning has been sent to employees: “Do not leave the building. Secure your location and hide until the police clear your floor. Switch from telephone to Stop.”
This shooting is the 254th massive shooting in the US this year, according to the archive of the arms violence, a non-profit organization that follows rifle-related violence that defines a massive shooting as an incident in which four or more people, excluding the shooter, are killed or injured by firearms.
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