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Shooting outside Empire State Building
MYFOXNY ^ | Aug 24, 2012 9:17 AM EDT | MYFOXNY

Posted on 08/24/2012 6:33:36 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay

There are reports of multiple people shot outside the Empire State Building.

FOX 5 News has learned that at least three people have been shot.

The scene is chaotic as people make their way to work in the heavily trafficked area.

One person is in police custody.

FOX 5 News and SkyFoxHD are headed to the scene.

MyFoxNY.com is updating this story

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: banglist; empireshooting; empirestate; empirestatebuilding; empirestateshooting; ercolino; handbagdesigner; hazanimports; jeffreyjohnson; notbreakingnews; nyc; nypd; shooting
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To: penelopesire

1- My first thought was oh my- if he’s actually gay...the narrative will change STAT. He will be a misunderstood, depressed man. It also turns out this guy was laid off a year ago- and has been involved with multiple lawsuits against the man/company who let him go..

2- Rush mentions how many people in Chicago have been shot and/or murdered in the last week...UNREPORTED by the msm.


141 posted on 08/24/2012 9:16:23 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: TurboZamboni

Chucky is somewhere sulking and steaming, Bloomie beat him to a camera!
He may have been on a golf course with Z-Bama.


142 posted on 08/24/2012 9:16:32 AM PDT by GOYAKLA (Recall/ Impeachment Day, November 6, 2012. FUBO, same for RINOs)
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To: SE Mom
My first thought was oh my- if he’s actually gay...the narrative will change STAT

"ATTICA....ATTICA!"

143 posted on 08/24/2012 9:18:43 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Buckeye McFrog

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep. Remember. Miles to go before I sleep.


144 posted on 08/24/2012 9:19:05 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

I thought Bloomberg outlawed guns? See, if someone were allowed to CC, the guy could’ve been stopped after his first shot.


145 posted on 08/24/2012 9:20:57 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
So, TAN PANTS, or GREY SUIT????????

This is the inherent unreliability of eyewitness accounts. Have ten people witness the same thing and you'll -always- get ten very different stories and descriptions. People will get surprisingly simple facts just plain wrong. It's unfortunate but that's the way it is. Eyewitnesses are just not to be trusted. Not without some other corroborating evidence.

146 posted on 08/24/2012 9:28:37 AM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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To: Ramius

“This is the inherent unreliability of eyewitness accounts.”

That is exactly what I was trying to point out! At this point though, I’m leaning toward the construction worker. As the first murder was in a less confusing, less active environment. No people running around in panic then. I gotta see if I can find that link again.


147 posted on 08/24/2012 9:33:48 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: SE Mom

Yep..and then the next thing we will hear is that his victim fired him because he was gay....so the boss had it coming.

Or they will just drop the story altogether...move along.


148 posted on 08/24/2012 9:40:24 AM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!)
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To: Ramius

“Cold-blooded killer Jeffrey Johnson, wearing a business suit and carrying a briefcase, pumped three fatal bullets into his victim near the 33rd St. entrance to the skyscraper, a witness told the Daily News.”

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

Heres the link;

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


149 posted on 08/24/2012 9:42:11 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

The construction worker saw it from above, and the shooter might have been wearing a gray jacket or blazer. The witness probably wouldn’t have noticed the pants from above.

The tan pants might have been more obvious at street level.


150 posted on 08/24/2012 10:03:07 AM PDT by livius
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To: P.O.E.

I have a “purse” -— my grandmother had a “pocketbook”

gold clasp on top — 4 inch handle

Told a niece who moved to NYC if she ever used the word “pocketbook”, she could not come back to NE


151 posted on 08/24/2012 10:05:52 AM PDT by acsrp38 (Do your best to prevent Gorbal Warming!! Leave the lights on!!)
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To: All

Shooting was carried out by a women’s fashion accessories designer? Looks like the media can call this shooter a tea bagger and be accurate for once.


152 posted on 08/24/2012 10:06:42 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2012)
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To: manc

That could be a scammer. I witnessed a few of these while I was working in NY back in the 80’s. People would fall and lay on the ground hoping for some dupe to bend over to help and they would knock them over and steal what they could. It usually happened near a large intersection or a subway stop.

I remember when a “bum” grabbed my date’s hand after she gave him some change and went for her purse. I had to punch his face poking his eyes a few times to get him to loosen his grip.

Hence I am an ex-NYer.


153 posted on 08/24/2012 10:07:02 AM PDT by newnhdad (Where will you be during the Election Riots of 2012/2013?)
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To: penelopesire; SE Mom; Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

“I hate to profile(snark) but a male handbag designer might be gay. In that case, we may have yet another militant homosexual shooting here.”

Looking more likely.... (or, lovers’ bad break=up?). Too soon to know, but workplace harassment definitely involved.

See link at Dr. Bogus Pachysandra’s post 149.

From linked article:

“The killer [JEFFREY JOHNSON] and his victim [Steve Ercolino] had a history of problems, with each accusing the other of workplace harassment, said NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly.”


154 posted on 08/24/2012 11:08:15 AM PDT by thouworm (.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

Yup. 99 posts and not a single prayer or kind word for the victims.
Only fear of blame and contempt for New Yorkers.


155 posted on 08/24/2012 11:10:12 AM PDT by mcgoober
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To: thouworm
“The killer [JEFFREY JOHNSON] and his victim [Steve Ercolino] had a history of problems, with each accusing the other of workplace harassment, said NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly.”

"You brute....You brute.....You Vicious Brute!"

156 posted on 08/24/2012 11:10:37 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: JLAGRAYFOX
I agree with this photo. One random shooting I can accept, maybe even two, but a shooting every two or three days, all across the country, is signs of an American Syria, Libya, Egypt, sub-Sahara Africa, and the result of an America, becoming exactly what Obama and his minions want.

There have always been shootings across the country every day.

It's the coverage that has increased.

And the coverage isn't random.

157 posted on 08/24/2012 11:10:49 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: mcgoober
Well HI THERE, n00b. Wonderful of you to stop in and criticize us! Oh, and I'm sure that you are aware that just because a prayer is not posted on a forum, yet still said in private, that it still counts.

Didn't Jesus say "Don't be like the Pharisees, who pray in public?"

Nonetheless, I foresee a very short FR life for you.

And I won't offer a kind word or prayer when you are gone.

158 posted on 08/24/2012 11:16:36 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Funny but creepy!)
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To: Lazamataz
We have been getting a lot of strange ones lately, I hate election years.
159 posted on 08/24/2012 11:25:41 AM PDT by Little Bill
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To: fight_truth_decay

This isn’t possible. Firearms are prohibited BY LAW from being carried in NY City.


160 posted on 08/24/2012 11:43:04 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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