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shooter was a black male per cnn

That would explain his identification as white.

Shots Fired At New York City Hall, Mayor Bloomberg OK
POSTED: 2:18 p.m. EDT July 23, 2003
UPDATED: 2:51 p.m. EDT July 23, 2003
NEW YORK -- A gunman opened fire inside the City Council chambers Wednesday afternoon during a routine hearing, wounding at least two people. Police were still searching for the shooter.
At least a dozen shots echoed across the second floor of the landmark lower Manhattan building, with reporters diving for cover beneath their desks one floor below as the hall's rotunda filled with screams.
The shooter was one of about 100 people in the balcony inside the second-floor council chambers when the gunfire began after 2 p.m, according to eyewitnesses.
"I looked up, and I saw someone shooting downward," said City Council member David Yassky. A security guard returned fire, according to Yassky.
Police sought a man in a blue suit in connection with the shooting, which continued for about three minutes. Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in his office but was not harmed, said his spokesman, Edward Skyler.
Two victims were rushed from the front of the building on stretchers and loaded into ambulances.
Police officers, including some in riot gear, were seen running across the plaza in front of the building once the shooting stopped. It was not immediately known if the shooter was captured.
The City Council was holding a meeting on Wednesday, but it was unclear if the shooting was related to the session.
The entrances and exits to the building were sealed off, and a stretcher was rushed inside by police in flak jackets.

Eyewitness say that one person was brought out dead.

shooter was a black male per cnn

Well, it's probably a white guy with a dark complexion.