Three men including a police officer, as well as a woman, were killed, while another individual is in critical condition, said officials, without mentioning a possible mobile at this stage. The emergency services were called on Monday around 6:00 p.m. (10 p.m. GMT) in the Midtown Manhattan business district.
The surveillance cameras filmed a man descending with a black car, armed with an assault rifle M-4. He then entered the building and immediately shot the policeman before “watering the hall” of bullets, reported the head of the New York police, Jessica Tisch.
The assailant had obviously decided to target the 345, Park Avenue, a large office building which houses premises of the Professional American Football League (NFL), the Blackstone finance giant and the KPMG consulting and audit firm, according to Ms. Tisch.
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She said she thinks that the suspect, from Las Vegas and who presented history of psychiatric problems, had acted alone.
Several media, including CNN and the New York Post, show a photograph of a mustachioed man walking alone in the street with a long rifle in his right hand, dressed in sunglasses and a dark jacket.
Quickly, hundreds of police officers, some bearing bulletproof vests and heavy weapons, and many ambulances, arrived on the scene, noted an AFP journalist.
“I was in the building, it went from one floor to another,” a witness who refused to give his name to AFP.
According to the New York Times, the shooter died on the 33rd floor. Helicopters flew over this district of luxurious hotels and seats of large companies located a stone’s throw from Central Park.
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