Five people are dead, including the suspected perpetrator, after a shooting Monday at a corporate office building in Midtown Manhattan, according to officials.
One of the deceased was identified as a New York Police Department officer. A surviving victim was reportedly shot and critically wounded, and four others who sustained minor injuries while attempting to flee the scene are being treated in hospital.
The NYPD posted on X just after 8 p.m. that “the scene has been contained and the lone shooter is dead.” The suspect died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to authorities.
The shooting took place at 345 Park Avenue, beginning in the lobby and ending on the 33rd floor, which is owned by real estate firm Rudin Management. The building is also home to the global headquarters of asset manager Blackstone, the National Football League, and other companies.
In a press conference, Mayor Eric Adams called the shooting an “act of evil” and condemned gun violence, which he said “has scarred so many neighbors and ripped apart too many families across this entire country.”
Here’s what we know so far.
What happened?
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch recounted during the Monday evening press conference what authorities’ investigation, which remains ongoing, has revealed so far.
Tisch said that at 6:28 p.m., a 911 call center received multiple calls for an active shooter situation at 345 Park Avenue.
Surveillance video, Tisch said, showed that a lone male exited a double-parked black BMW outside the building between 51st and 52nd streets. He carried an M4 assault rifle in his right hand and entered the building’s lobby, where he opened fire on and killed an NYPD officer and a woman who was taking cover. He “sprayed” the lobby with gunfire, Tisch said, wounding another man, as he proceeded to the elevator. Near the elevator bank, he shot a security guard before letting a woman exit the elevator unharmed.
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