A team from the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York is at the scene of tonight’s skyscraper shooting to help, Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
The interim U.S. attorney for the region, Jay Clayton, “has set up a command post to assist with the shooting in New York City and local FBI agents are on the scene,” Bondi said on X.
The gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, four senior New York City officials said.
The NYPD commissioner characterized the gunman on X as a lone shooter who has been “neutralized.”
The shooter has been “neutralized,” the police commissioner said.
“At this time, the scene has been contained and the lone shooter has been neutralized,” Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch said on X.
Employees in a nearby building were told to shelter in place and to stay away from windows.
“An incident has occurred outside of the building,” said a warning broadcast on the fifth floor of 399 Park Ave., video from the scene shows.
“Please stay inside, shelter in place, stay away from the windows until further instructions from the NYPD,” the person issuing the alert says over the system.
Kathleen Benanti, who shared the video of the alert, told NBC News, “Some people came running back inside saying people were shouting on the street that there was an active shooter.”
Then the safety director issued the alert to shelter in place and stay away from windows, Benanti said, adding that everyone is safe.
“I had a bit of a ptsd response that came out of the blue,” she said in a message. “I lived through 9/11 and all the sights/sounds reminded me of that day. I’m ok now.”
The above photo depicts a person New York police are looking for possibly in connection with the active shooter incident at 345 Park Ave., three senior law enforcement officials said.
The person in the picture is wearing a dark jacket and pants, a light-colored collared shirt and sunglasses and walking with what appears to be a long gun.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said she’s been briefed about the situation in Midtown Manhattan, which she described as one involving an “active shooter.”
“I’ve been briefed on an active shooter situation in midtown Manhattan,” she said on X.
She asked New Yorkers and visitors to avoid the area near the building, including 52nd Street, Park Avenue and Third Avenue near the incident.
New York City Mayor Eric ams said on X that there is an active shooter investigation in midtown Manhattan.
“New Yorkers: there is an active shooter investigation taking place in Midtown right now,” ams wrote. “Please take proper safety precautions if you are in vicinity and do not go outside if you are near Park Avenue and East 51st Street.”
Midtown Manhattan’s 345 Park Ave., the location of the reported shooting incident, is the headquarters of the investment firm Blackstone.
The building also hosts the headquarters of the NFL and a Bank of America branch, as well as offices belonging to KPMG.
Blackstone, KPMG, Bank of America and the building’s owner, Rudin Management, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Officers near the locked-down area of midtown Manhattan on a report of an active shooter have been stopping cars and looking inside, NBC New York reported and video from the station showed.
Video from Lexington Avenue showed a police officer stop a yellow taxi SUV, having the windows be lowered and looking in the driver’s front passenger seat and back seats with flashlight.
FBI agents were responding to the midtown Manhattan skyscraper shooting, the bureau’s deputy director, Don Bongino, said on X.
“FBI New York Field Office management personnel and agents are responding to provide support at the active crime scene in Manhattan,” he said.
An NBC New York reporter on the scene said on the air that police were keeping reporters and others back from the scene.
“We’re just one block shy of 52nd Street, and that’s because police are keeping people pretty far back, telling me that this is an active shooter scene,” reporter Ida Siegal said on air.
During the report, police yelled and warned the crew and others to move even farther back.
At least one police officer and one civilian have been shot this evening inside 345 Park Ave., two senior New York City officials told NBC News.
Their conditions are unknown.
The New York Police Department shortly before 7 p.m. warned people to avoid the area because of police activity.
“Due to police activity, please avoid the vicinity of East 52 Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue. Expect emergency vehicles & delays in the surrounding area,” the NYPD’s X account said.
The city’s official emergency notification system issued a similar advisory.
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An active shooting incident was reported in New York City tonight.
At least one person, possibly a police officer, was shot at 345 Park Ave., which is home to several multinational companies, two senior New York City law enforcement officials told NBC News.
