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Jesus. This really IS becoming a fad.
Can't we just bring POGS back?
Ten shot, 2 dead near New York's Empire State Building
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two people were killed and at least eight wounded in a shooting outside the Empire State Building on Friday, a New York police source said, creating chaos and shocking tourists and commuters who witnessed the bloody scene outside the landmark tourist attraction.
One of the dead was the shooter, the source said, adding there was no apparent link to terrorism.
A white tarp covered what was believed to be a body in front of the entrance to the office building but police declined to confirm if it was the shooter.
A police source said the assailant, who worked nearby, was believed to be a disgruntled employee who fired at a person against whom he had a grievance. The nature of the grievance was not known.
"I heard the gunshots. It was like pop, pop, pop. It was definitely in a bunch," said Dahlia Anister, 33, who works at an office near the 102-story Empire State Building.
The shooting started shortly after 9 a.m. on the busy sidewalk on Fifth Avenue outside the Midtown Manhattan building.
It came at the height of the tourist season outside one of New York City's most popular attractions. Police cordoned off the area around the building, one of the most recognizable in the world.
The Empire State Building is two blocks from Pennsylvania Station and eight blocks from Grand Central Terminal, two of New York City's main transportation hubs.
Mail courier James Bolden, 31, said he saw a "guy laying on the (sidewalk), bleeding from the neck and barely breathing."
"Everybody was crowded around him taking pictures and video, and security guys were yelling everybody to get back, and give him space. He was barely breathing," Bolden said.
One witness said she saw a woman who was shot in the foot and another woman being taken away in an ambulance.
"I was walking down 33rd (Street) and there's a dead guy. I just saw pools of blood. He was laying down and the was blood pooling (around him)," Justin Kellis, 35, who works nearby.
The United States has had two other mass shooting cases this summer. On July 20, a gunman opened fire at a midnight screening of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and wounding 58.
On August 5, a gunman killed six people and critically wounded three at a Sikh temple outside Milwaukee before police shot him dead in an attack authorities treated as an act of domestic terrorism.
This was the second high-profile shooting incident in two weeks in New York's tourist-heavy midtown Manhattan. On August 12 New York City police shot and killed a knife-wielding suspect as he sought to evade them through Saturday afternoon traffic and pedestrians in Times Square.
The Empire State Building was the world's tallest building for 40 years from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center. Following the September 11, 2001, attacks, it was again the tallest building in the city, though was recently surpassed by a new tower under construction at the World Trade Center.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly planned a news conference for 11 a.m. (1600 GMT) near the scene.
Jesus. This really IS becoming a fad.
Can't we just bring POGS back?
Told you gots NYC was a ty vacation destination.
I remember when you brought your POGS when you came over to watch that Cowboys game at my house.
<---- life of the party.
POGS, I'm all about them yomega yoyos
Damn psycho human beings. What happened to the NY state of mind? Alicia Keys is hot, btw.
get rid of guns
The gunman only killed one.
Police fire was everywhere.
Get rid of guns? Okay, what about knives, explosives, melee weapons, hand to hand combat, etc...?
Paul Ryan!
Whatever drugs you're on, pm me on the specifics...we'll get f'ed up together and talk about how ty our lives are and how corrupted the American government is.
Just heard on CNN that all of those wounded in this shooting were hit by police gunfire. (i.e. the 9 people who didn't die)
...giving lie to the bystanders being able to stop someone like The Joker in Colorado. If the professionals are taking down bystanders, amateurs popping away would have brought the casualty count into triple digits.
Rein in the guns. No one but a cop or soldier needs an AK.
2 dead 1 killed by the gunman
GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY
Need is measured on a moment by moment basis, and not by you for anyone but yourself.
The facts here:
1. A person was going to die because no one knew what was coming.
2. 9 other people did not need to be shot. The cop who fired indiscriminately into the crowd, not even aiming at the gunman, panicked and has no business with a firearm in the line of service. Many cops would have done something similar not knowing which person was pulling a gun when their partner yelled "guy with a bag, pulling a gun shoot shoot shoot" and would have fired wildly as well thinking they were about to die.
3. It's just getting started. As the 2012 year progresses, people who believe the Mayans will want to go out in a blaze of glory.
My graduation commencement date is dec 22, birthday dec 23. Should I party early?
Yes, because regardless it's all work after that.My graduation commencement date is dec 22, birthday dec 23. Should I party early?
Dude, I already have a full time job and have had one for 13 years. I'm one of them thar non-traditional students. Wife, Kids, full time job, school.... It is already all work.
So much then for my lecturing father shtick.
Dra got everything a glorified immigrant is supposed to get except for a biological kid of himself
that is ok, I am 32 and still hope the padres see fit to get me a little graduation gift. I have been dropping hints along the lines of a used honda shadow or suzuki boulevard.
I ain't gettin , but it still makes for great conversation (esp since my dad is has been wanting to get a motorcycle again since I started riding 4 years ago).
If cops fired at 9 civilians, then this was a cluster .
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