Four people shot outside Empire State Building in NY
August 24, 2012
AP | AUGUST 24, 0212
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UPDATE 10:10 am EDT: At least 10 people injured in shooting.
UPDATE 10:00 am EDT: Police says shooting no link to terrorism.
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials say several people have been shot outside the Empire State Building and that the gunman is dead.
City police say three or four civilians have been wounded in the Friday morning shooting and that the shooter is dead.
A fire department spokesman says it received a call about the shooting just after at 9 a.m. Friday and that emergency units were on the scene within minutes.
The spokesman had no information about how many people were wounded or their conditions.
The shooting occurred at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue.