Watch Cell phone Video As It Captures NYC Empire State Shooting

Details of a cell phone video of the shooting scene in New York as cops take down the suspected gunman.

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NYPD names gunman; Co-Worker Targeted

The shooter, a former Manhattan resident, doesn’t appear to have any previous criminal record or ties to terrorism. It is currently speculated that the alleged gunman was firing at a former coworker.  Law enforcement officers have revised their previous count of 9 wounded to 8, and it is still unclear whether some victims may have been struck […]

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Empire State Shooting ‘A Surreal Scene’

  At least 10 people were shot Friday in front of the Empire State Building in New York Friday morning, the New York Office of Emergency Management said. A suspect in the shooting was shot and killed by police, New York police said. Authorities converged on the building around 9 a.m. after reports of gunfire. A […]

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10 People Shot Outside the Empire State Building – Two Dead, Including the Gunman

10 shot in front of Empire State Building New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will speak at 11 a.m. after 10 people were shot outside the Empire State Building Friday morning, leaving two dead, including the suspected gunman. Police shot the suspect, whose body is still lying outside the building covered in a sheet, witnesses said. A […]

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Massacre Raises Issue of Gun Control in Europe

Europeans might once have viewed massacres at educational institutions as a uniquely American scourge, but they no longer have that luxury: Friday found Germany still mourning the 16 victims of Wednesday’s carnage in Winnenden, while Scotland marked the 13th anniversary of Europe’s first mass school shooting, the bloodbath at Dunblane in which 16 grade-school students and their teacher were mowed down by a lone gunman. Clearly, Europe has a problem to which there’s no simple solution. “When you compare us to countries with enormous gun ownership like the U.S., it’s obvious we’re less vulnerable to gun violence,” says Christophe Soullez, chief of France’s National Observatory on Delinquency

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