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Gunman kills coworker & bystander at Empire State Building, wounds 7 others
NY Post ^ | 8/24/12 | JAMIE SCHRAM, LARRY CELONA, ISABEL VINCENT and DAVID SEIFMAN Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/new

Posted on 08/24/2012 7:31:26 AM PDT by jimbo123

A disgruntled worker stalked a colleague down a Midtown street, shot him dead and then turned his weapon on random pedestrians outside the Empire State Building — killing at least one innocent bystander and shooting up to seven others before he was cut down by a cop on foot patrol, sources told The Post.

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The gunman followed his victim down 33rd Street before opening fire outside Legend’s Bar. the sources said.

With his target dead, he then headed over to the Empire State Building and did the unthinkable — unleashing a fusillade of shots in the heart of the morning rush on a street loaded with pedestrrans.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: empireshooting; empirestatebuilding; empirestateshooting; gunfreezone; handbagdesigner; hazanimports; jeffreyjohnson; nyc; welcometothejungle
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1 posted on 08/24/2012 7:31:32 AM PDT by jimbo123
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Construction worker Chris Ogden was working on a scaffold above the building’s 33rd St. entrance when he watched in disbelief as the gunman — in a suit and carrying a briefcase — opened fire.

“He shot the guy in the head,” said Ogden, 23. “The guy went down. He took a second shot when he was down.”

The well-dressed shooter then “walked down the block, like nothing was happening, real casual,” Ogden said. “We were screaming from the top, ‘It’s the guy in the grey suit!’”

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/person-killed-shooting-empire-state-building-morning-rush-article-1.1143522


2 posted on 08/24/2012 7:33:33 AM PDT by jimbo123
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Well Bloomturd is going to start screaming in 5,4,3,.....


3 posted on 08/24/2012 7:33:52 AM PDT by mongo141 (Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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Good thing they had strict gun control in place to prevent this sort of thing. Too bad law abiding citizens were left at the mercy of someone who so blatantly, and so obviously broke the gun ban Law!


4 posted on 08/24/2012 7:35:35 AM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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Prayers for the victims.

The Post & Mayor Bloomberg have set a speed record in politicizing this shooting.

5 posted on 08/24/2012 7:35:51 AM PDT by skeeter
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Who is going to cover this one Barry or Moochelle ?


6 posted on 08/24/2012 7:39:45 AM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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Good thing New York has strict gun control laws or someone might have gotten shot.


7 posted on 08/24/2012 7:40:28 AM PDT by Bon mots (When seconds count, the police are just minutes away...)
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Well, this totally ruins An Affair to Remember and Sleepless In Seattle. :-(


8 posted on 08/24/2012 7:40:54 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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Well Bloomturd is going to start screaming in 5,4,3,.....

Screaming "the Tea Party" no doubt.And ABC will run with that.

9 posted on 08/24/2012 7:42:49 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Word Is Out,Harry Reid's Into Child Porn.Release All Your Photos,Harry!)
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lets hurry up now and find out who this guy was and how he voted and all about his family....

its the obama way of doing things...but if he was a Liberal it will be kept very low key and quiet...

10 posted on 08/24/2012 7:43:57 AM PDT by haircutter
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—Well Bloomturd is going to start screaming in 5,4,3,.....—

Too late. He did in the article...


11 posted on 08/24/2012 7:44:10 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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Antidepressants.

Just watch...much later it might come out.


12 posted on 08/24/2012 7:48:42 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: cuban leaf

What is wrong with these wack-o liberal democRATS in New York?
Why are they always shooting innocent conservatives?
Crazy idiot libs.....


13 posted on 08/24/2012 7:48:50 AM PDT by 9422WMR (Life is not fair, just deal with it.)
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The guy is a union construction worker in NYC. Does that ring of TEA to you? Besides, if he had Built It, that would have been in the headline.


14 posted on 08/24/2012 7:52:22 AM PDT by wizwor
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UNPOSSIBLE! NYC is a police state, and it is illegal to carry a gun unless you have one of them fancy permits, which are harder to find than a virtuous woman on 5th Avenue!


15 posted on 08/24/2012 7:53:02 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (My game is disruption. I will use lethal force --my vote-- in self-defense against Obama.)
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“cut down by a cop on foot patrol” (with a GUN!)


16 posted on 08/24/2012 7:56:23 AM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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Them wacked out libs are all wacked, and this is why they project that others will do with guns, if allowed access, because they themselves are wacked out.
17 posted on 08/24/2012 8:03:09 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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Per a policeman speaking to FOX news; the shooting happened in an office building 10 W 33rd street, but not the Empire building. He shot his manager. The shooter designed ladies handbags. The shooting on the streets was a gun battle between the man who was trying to escape cops who were following him.


18 posted on 08/24/2012 8:07:35 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: going hot

How did he get a gun in NYC?


19 posted on 08/24/2012 8:08:33 AM PDT by scooby321 (AMS)
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To: backwoods-engineer

This was a one-on-one assassination. This was not a crime of momentary passion, it was premeditated and carried out in almost cold blood. The flight and spray of gunshot against other unarmed pedestrians was probably because of realization that things had gone wrong, in an effort to commit suicide by cop, a not uncommon way to avoid arrest and indictment.


20 posted on 08/24/2012 8:08:33 AM PDT by alloysteel (Voter suppression is needed now more than ever. Only, whom shall be suppressed?)
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