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Two dead in Empire State Building shooting

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Channel: News Direct · 2012 · News & Politics

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Two people are dead and a nine injured after a shooting near the Empire State Building on Friday, August 24, at 9:03 a.m. local time, New York City officials said.

In a press conference with Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday at 11:24 a.m., New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the gunman, Jeffrey Johnson, a disgruntled former employee of a company at 10 West 33rd Street, shot and killed a former co-worker near that address, striking him three times.

Kelly said the suspect fled eastbound on West 33rd Street to Fifth Avenue and then walked northbound along Fifth Avenue with a .45 caliber handgun in a black bag under his arm. A construction worker followed Johnson from West 33rd Street and notified two police officers in front of the Empire State Building's Fifth Avenue entrance.

As the two officers approached Johnson, Kelly said, he pulled his handgun from his bag and fired on the officers. The officers returned fire, killing Johnson. 

Nine people were wounded during the exchange, Kelly said.

This animation is based on information provided by New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly during a press conference with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg held at 11:24 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 25, Eastern Standard Time and broadcast on Fox News.
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