New York, July 29 (UNI) At least one person died, and three others were injured in a shooting by an unidentified assailant at a skyscraper in New York City.
Authorities are responding to a call of shots fired in a Midtown Manhattan office building, police told the BBC.
The New York City Police Department responded to the call at 345 Park Avenue last evening.
At around 6:45 pm local time, a BBC journalist saw about three NYPD cars and two FDNY trucks at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 51st Street.
The journalist also saw a man was being wheeled away in a stretcher with bandages strapped to his chest, while a bystander reportedly told the journalist that he heard about half a dozen gunshots.
The NYPD officers at the scene confirmed that there was an active shooter in the area and likely at a building a block west of the intersection at a bank.
Even, the FBI dispatched agents to help local police, according to the agency’s deputy director Dan Bongino.
New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch has posted a one-sentence update, saying “At this time, the scene has been contained, and the lone shooter has been neutralized,” she wrote on X, without adding further details.
A heavy police presence remains at the scene.
A NYPD officer on the scene confirmed that an arrest has been made while another person was at large.
The NYPD officers won’t say if there has been a second arrest.
It’s unclear whether the arrest was tied to the shots fired at Midtown Manhattan office building
Later, the New York Police Department confirmed that the “lone shooter” who attacked an office building in Manhattan is dead.
The attacker reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to CBS News, the BBC’s US partner.
In this incident, a police officer was fatally shot, according to CBS News, citing two law enforcement sources.
CBS reports that two NYPD officers, who were off-duty but working as security in the building, and two civilians were shot.
Of them, one officer has died in the incident and one of the civilians was listed in critical condition, sources said.
Police have not confirmed that an officer has died.
Meanwhile, New York Mayor Eric Adams, who has been on the scene, said “multiple people” have been injured in the shooting incident.
