New York: Two dead and eight wounded in a shooting in front of the Empire State Building

UNITED STATES - The gunman, a 53 year old man was shot dead by police ...

Two people were killed and eight others injured in a shooting at the foot of the Empire State Building , on the island of Manhattan (New York), Friday at 9:03.

According to the authorities, who responded to questions from the press a little more than two hours after the shooting, the shooter is a 53 year old man, Jeffrey Johnson.

Shooting in two

With a .45 caliber semi-automatic man first fired three times on a former colleague, an employee of a designer fashion accessories for women working where the shooter before being sent there about a year. His victim, a 41 year old man, died.

The gunman then continued his journey on foot near the Empire State Building. Two police officers, alerted by a construction worker, then approached the. Perceiving, Jeffrey Johnson has released his new weapon and an exchange of gunfire ensued, during which several bystanders were hit. The gunman was shot by police. The balance of the shooting of two people dead, the shooter and his former colleague, and eight wounded.

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