Shooting at Manhattan skyscraper leaves 5 dead, including gunman
The shooting spree in the evening rush hour began in the lobby of the Park Avenue tower in Midtown Manhattan, then shifted to the upper-story offices of a management company as the suspect took the elevator to the 33rd floor. The bloodshed came to an end when the gunman fatally shot himself in the chest, Tisch told reporters.
A photo of the suspect CNN said was shared by police showing a gunman walking into the building carrying a rifle. It was published by major news media outlets. Preliminary checks of the suspect's background did not show a significant criminal history, the report added, citing officials.
The skyscraper at 345 Park Avenue houses offices of financial institutions, including Blackstone and KPMG, and the headquarters of the NFL.
A large police presence converged on the area around the tower, according to Reuters journalists near the scene.
'I saw a lot of commotion and cops and people screaming,' Russ McGee, a 31-year-old sports bettor who was working out in a gym adjacent to the skyscraper, told Reuters in an interview near the scene.
Kyle Marshall, 38, was working at a Morgan Stanley office in a nearby building when his mother texted him, alerting him to an active shooter incident.
"Then she texted me the address and I was, like, 'Oh my God. That's right next door to my building'," he said.
Police kept Marshall and others inside the property on lockdown until after 8pm, he told Reuters. Marshall lives in the San Francisco area but travels to New York once a month for work.
"It doesn't make me feel less safe to be in Manhattan. The police responded quickly," he said.
The FBI said agents from its New York field office were responding to provide support at the scene.
Reuters

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