Four people, including a member of the New York Police Department, were killed today in Midtown Manhattan, authorities said tonight.
The police officer, 36, was a three-and-a-half year veteran of the department and an immigrant from Bangladesh, Mayor Eric Adams said.
New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch identified the gunman as Shane Devon Tamura from Las Vegas, He died of a self-inflicted wound.
New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch identified the gunman as Shane Devon Tamura from Las Vegas, He died of a self-inflicted wound.
Surveillance video shows a man entering the lobby of 345 Park Avenue at 52nd Street in Manhattan and immediately opening fire on an NYPD officer and others, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday night at a news conference.
The shooter then made his way to the elevator bank, where he shot a security guard, Tisch said.
Then gunman then went up to the 33rd floor, where he shot another person before shooting himself in the chest, she said.
Multiple 911 calls started to come in for an active shooter inside the building at around 6:28 p.m., Tisch said.
Officers from New York’s Special Operations Division are now conducting a secondary sweep of the building on Park Avenue and there is no longer a threat to the public, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday at a news conference.
“I want to be very clear, we believe this to be a lone shooter, and there is no longer an active threat to the public,” Tisch said.
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