Shooting at Empire State Building

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Live on the news right now happened less than half hour ago. 8 people shot. The shooter was shot and killed

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Oh, god. I remember when it happened before...about ten years ago now? Longer? How can there be so many crazy people out there?

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

So far 2 people confirmed dead

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Down at the bottom, on the street--not up on the deck. So terrible--can you imagine, just walking to work and a guy starts shooting??? I used to work near the Empire State Building, at Madison and 38th. Great neighborhood, a real NYC melting pot.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

They are reporting that it was a fired worker that came back and shot the MGR

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Yeah, I heard...just terrible.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

MGR was shot in the head and died on the scene. It looks like the Gunman was shot by a police officer that just happened to be there walking by. The shooting was out side the Empire State Building. It looks like the gunman waited for the MGR outside to come to work they argued and then he shot him.

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

Very sad...

[easyrider Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close easyrider]

I wonder why the police decided to corner this guy on a crowed street ?

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Probably because he had a gun and was shooting people?

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

OMG how awful.

[easyrider Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close easyrider]

His gun was in a black bag and he was walking away, not shooting until the police cornered him from what has been reported. It was also reported that bystanders shot were shot by the police, not the criminal.

Bill

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

They're saying that he took out the gun again and started shooting when the police officers pursued him.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-...tate-building/

[shaggy Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close shaggy]

This is so sad. What has the world come to? shaggy

[JWC Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close JWC]

His gun was in a black bag and he was walking away, not shooting until the police cornered him from what has been reported. It was also reported that bystanders shot were shot by the police, not the criminal.

Bill

You apparently have something against police officers doing their job. It is speculation who shot the bystanders.

"The mayor said some of the wounded "may have been accidentally" shot by police officers."