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10 people shot.

Multiple people shot near Empire State Building.  This is close by to Chief office!

Chief, yu ok?

 
New York police officers work the scene near the Empire State Building after a shooting Aug. 24, 2012.

New York police officers work the scene near the Empire State Building after a shooting Aug. 24, 2012. (CBS)

Updated at 10:03 a.m. ET

 

(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - At least 10 people were injured when gunfire broke out near the Empire State Building, CBS station WCBS-TV reports.

 

A police source told CBS News that the gunman was shot and killed.

 

Some of the victims were reportedly found inside the lobby of the Empire State Building while some were found on the street.

 

At least one of those wounded is in critical condition. The conditions of the other victims are unknown. It's still not clear what led to the shooting. Details were still emerging as police worked the scene. There is a large police presence and multiple ambulances on the scene. The FBI has also responded.

 

 

Witnesses described a chaotic scene.

 

"I was sitting outside, and I heard three shots first and I saw three people running up to Park Avenue way from the Empire State Building," one woman told WCBS-TV. "Then we heard it again and it was like 10 to 15 shots at one time. Then we saw the whole block, like over 50 people running to Park Avenue."

 

 

A fire department spokesman says it received a call about the shooting just after at 9 a.m. Friday and that emergency units were on the scene within minutes.

 

The shooting occurred at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue.

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Originally Posted by TI:

Heard police shoot 9 people with friendly fire, and the shooter only shoot one!  

Advice to tourists - Anytime you see a NYPD police with a gun, drop on the ground and roll for your life.


I had a friend from Beirut over for dinner a few years ago. A car backfired on the street outside and the man dived for cover under the table.

Sunil

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