At least five people, including a police officer, were killed after the shooter started fire inside the height office building on Monday evening in Midtown Manhattan and sent panic through one of the busiest commercial nodes in New York.
The incident occurred at 345 Park Avenue, Home for Main Companies such as NFL, Blackstone and KPMG, during the evening, when employees were preparing for the day to leave for the day, New York Post reported.
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Witnesses described the moments of chaos and confused when the shots were heard over a 44-storey building.
“We have heard some shots in quick sequence from the ground floor,” said Jessica Chen, who participated in the second floor presentation, said ABC News. “Some people walked over the rear exit, while others, including me, threw themselves into the conference room. We barricaded the door tables and remained silent.”
Chen said there were about 150 people at that time. “I drew my parents to tell them that I love them. It’s the feeling that you can’t explain,” she added.
Photographs from the scene showed employees at 32. Floor barricade doors with office furniture. Nearby there were other buildings on the spot on the spot, and the staff said they stayed low and from the windows.
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Nemeisha Lewis, who was near her food building, remembered when the shooting began when the shooting started when the shooting started when the shooting started.
“I heard shots, looked up and saw the glass explode. The man ran out of the building and shouted,” Help, help! I was shot! “Blood poured out of his front and back,” she said NBC News. A colleague helped the injured man to the ground when the police rushed.
“It seemed to me in a war zone,” Lewis added. “There was a fast fire, broken glass, shouting; it was unreal.”
Others in the area also heard shooting and saw a heavy police answer.
“I was just a block when I heard shots. Then I saw dozens of police officers who throw themselves at the building,” said Oleksandd Stupak, 30, who stood across the street. “I opened the Citizen application and saw that there was an active shooter. He was chaos.”
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One visibly shaken man sat on the stairs of a nearby office building and described the suffering of a loved one on the phone. “I was at work in the hall … Someone came up with an offensive rifle and started shooting,” he said, gasping. When a policeman visited him, he had a visible injury on his hands and leg.
The sensing images later revealed a shooter identified as 27 -year -old Shane Tamura from Las Vegas and calmly entered the building with an offensive weapon in his hand. He progressed to the 33.
The authorities confirmed that Tamura had died of a self -sticked gunshot. Several others were injured during the rampage.
The sudden eruption of violence forced the nearby office to lock.
“People ran and said someone was screaming about an active shooter on the street,” said Kathleen Benanti, who works nearby. “We were told to stay low and keep away from the windows.”
Benanti, who lived 9/11, said the scene had triggered around the trauma. “Sounds, fear – brought it all for a moment. Now I’m fine, but it was a lot.”
Anna Smith, a financial professional, was when she started shooting, just down with her colleagues. “We have heard loud jumps and then we saw people sprint in all directions,” she said ESPN. “It turned into a panic of the crowd.”
Authorities are still investigating the motive of the attack. The incident again raised concerns about violence in the United States, especially in public and commercial premises.
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