An armed man overwhelmed Monday at his center, killing at least four people before turning his gun on himself, US media reported.
“Four people, including a police officer, were killed,” the CNN officer of the class enforcement forces told the CNN, adding that the armed person later committed suicide, while ABC News also conveyed identical information.
According to authorities, in addition to the police, the other three victims were two men and a woman, and a fifth man was injured.
The “only perpetrator” of the “neutralized” attack, announced earlier by the head of the New York Police Department Jessica via X.
It was a 27 -year -old from Las Vegas, according to sources close to the police of the largest US city.
Earlier, a large police force, with several members of its bulletproof vests, powerful rifles and drones, developed in the exact Midtown district, with the backdrop of skyscrapers of the largest US city, AFP reported.
How did the crime happen?
According to US media information, the armed man entered Park Avenue at about 18:00 (local time), a huge building where the Organizing Body of the US Football Football Championship (NFL) and the Colossus of the Blackstone Financial Sector have their headquarters.
Media, including CNN and the New York Post, published a photo of a closed -circuit camera that distinguishes a man with a mustache, beard and sunglasses as he walks alone, with a dark overcoat, holding a rifle with the barrel on the ground.
BREAKING: Photo released of suspect after gunman opens fire in NYC office building.
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“I was in the building, going from one floor to another,” a woman told the French Bureau, who preferred not to say it was called.
According to a report published in the digital edition of the New York Times, the perpetrator was found dead on the 33rd floor.
“If you are in the building, please stay where you are,” New York Mayor Erik Adams urged the police officer and himself through X.
Several helicopters of the authorities and news television networks rushed to the area, not far from Central Park.
MANHATTAN: Police scanners earlier reported that a man described as ‘Middle Eastern’ wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire on officers in East Midtown, NYC.
It later turned out the suspect was Shane Tamura, a 27-year-old from Las Vegas — contradicting earlier reports.
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With traffic weapons being more than their residents, the US records the highest bullet mortality index than any other economically developed state.
Against the backdrop of gun possession
The killings of this nature are a perpetual scourge in the country, which one government after another proves to be unable to face, as many Americans want to keep their weapons, they do not even want to hear the restriction of guns.
The right of citizens of the country to hold weapons is guaranteed by the second amendment of the American Constitution.
In 2024, more than 16,000 people – without suicides being counted – were killed in attacks using firearms, according to the Gun Violence Archive NGO.
In December, Brian Thompson, the head of the largest US health insurance company, United Healthcare, was assassinated in the middle road in the same area in Midtown, Manhattan.
Luigi Mantzioni, a young computer engineer, was arrested and prosecuted for murder. In April, he said innocent when he was charged with the charges of homicide and preliminary preliminary court in a Manhattan federal court.
