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Empire State Building shooting

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Published Aug. 24, 2012, 2:48 p.m. ET
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The Empire State Building is seen in New York. Two people were killed and at least eight were wounded in a shooting outside the landmark Empire State Building in New York City on Friday. Graphic Raw Video: Victims outside Empire State Building Reuters
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg walks away after talking to the media near the Empire State Building following a shooting. Bloomberg said some of the victims may have been hit by police bullets as police and the gunman exchanged fire. AP Photo
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An NYPD Detective inspects evidence near the Empire State Building following the shooting. AP Photo
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Jeffrey Johnson, 53, who had been fired a year ago from Hazan Imports at 10 W. 33rd Street, lies on the ground after exchange fire with NYPD officers outside the Empire State Building. Brittany Komack
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Police officers stand on Fifth Avenue to view the scene after a multiple shooting outside the Empire State Building. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
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Rebecca Cox talks to media while recounting what she saw immediately following a multiple shooting outside the Empire State Building. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
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A woman identified as a victim is treated at the scene of a shooting near the Empire State Building. REUTERS
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Bystanders and a police officer stand on Fifth Avenue to view the scene after a multiple shooting outside the Empire State Building. Police said as many as 10 people were injured, but it is unclear how many were hit by bullets. A law enforcement official said the shooting was related to a workplace dispute. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
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Police surround a sheet covered body on a Fifth Avenue sidewalk as they investigate a multiple shooting outside the Empire State Building. Graphic Raw Video: Victims outside Empire State Building AP Photo
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NYPD officers stands near the covered body of the suspected shooter on 5th Ave. near the Empire State Building. Graphic Raw Video: Victims outside Empire State Building Getty Images
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A shooting victim lies on the middle of Fifth Ave after being shot. Graphic Raw Video: Victims outside Empire State Building Richard Martinez
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Police lean over a sheet covered body on Fifth Avenue as they investigate a multiple shooting outside the Empire State Building. Graphic Raw Video: Victims outside Empire State Building AP Photo
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Bystanders take photographs of the shooting scene outside the Empire State Building. Graphic Raw Video: Victims outside Empire State Building Scoot Luxor
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A unidentified female shooting victim is helped by a NYPD officer. Graphic Raw Video: Victims outside Empire State Building Rebecca Fox
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A woman is taken away by EMS workers from the shooting scene. 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. Graphic Raw Video: Victims outside Empire State Building David I. Tomack
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The body of a man lies on the sidewalk near the Empire State Building following a shooting. Graphic Raw Video: Victims outside Empire State Building REUTERS
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A police officer stands near a shooting victim. The 9 a.m. mayhem sent commuters and tourists in a panicked scramble from the jam-packed intersection of 34th Street and Fifth Avenue. Graphic Raw Video: Victims outside Empire State Building Twitter.com
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A unidentified man lies on the sidewalk. “This is the last thing you are expecting to see walking to work — someone shot dead in broad daylight in Midtown,” said Sid Dinsay, 38, who works in a PR firm on Fifth Avenue. Graphic Raw Video: Victims outside Empire State Building Twitter.com
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Unidentified people help on of the shooting victim. Graphic Raw Video: Victims outside Empire State Building Twitter.com
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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. Graphic Raw Video: Victims outside Empire State Building AP Photo/WABC TV
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