Active Shooter Reported In New York City

1 month ago

About 345 Park Ave.

345 Park Ave., nan location of nan reported shooting incident, is nan office of nan finance patient Blackstone.

The building besides hosts nan office of nan NFL and a Bank of America branch, arsenic good arsenic offices belonging to KPMG.

Blackstone, KPMG, Bank of America and nan building's owner, Rudin Management, did not instantly respond to requests for comment.

Police seen stopping and looking wrong cars adjacent segment

Officers adjacent nan locked-down area of midtown Manhattan connected a study of an progressive shooter person been stopping cars and looking inside, NBC New York reported and video from nan position showed.

Video from Lexington Avenue showed a constabulary serviceman extremity a yellowish taxi SUV, having nan windows beryllium lowered and looking successful nan driver’s beforehand rider spot and backmost seats pinch flashlight.

FBI responding to New York City shooting

FBI agents were responding to nan midtown Manhattan skyscraper shooting, nan bureau's lawman director, Don Bongino, said connected X.

"FBI New York Field Office guidance unit and agents are responding to supply support astatine nan progressive crime segment successful Manhattan," he said.

Police astatine segment keeping group back, show NBC New York ‘active shooter scene’

An NBC New York newsman connected nan segment said connected nan aerial that constabulary were keeping reporters and others backmost from nan scene.

“We’re conscionable 1 artifact awkward of 52nd Street, and that’s because constabulary are keeping group beautiful acold back, telling maine that this is an progressive shooter scene,” newsman Ida Siegal said connected air.

During nan report, constabulary yelled and warned nan unit and others to move moreover farther back.

One constabulary serviceman and 1 civilian shot, sources say

Tom Winter and Jonathan Dienst

At slightest 1 constabulary serviceman and 1 civilian person been changeable this evening wrong 345 Park Ave., 2 elder New York City officials told NBC News.

Their conditions are unknown.

NYPD warns group to debar area

The New York Police Department soon earlier 7 p.m. warned group to debar nan area because of constabulary activity.

"Due to constabulary activity, please debar nan vicinity of East 52 Street betwixt Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue. Expect emergency vehicles & delays successful nan surrounding area," the NYPD's X relationship said.

The city's charismatic emergency notification strategy issued a akin advisory.

Active shooting incident reported connected Park Avenue

Tom Winter and Jonathan Dienst

An progressive shooting incident was reported successful New York City tonight.

At slightest 1 person, perchance a constabulary officer, was changeable astatine 345 Park Ave., which is location to respective multinational companies, 2 elder New York City rule enforcement officials told NBC News.