Empire State Shooting

Timeline of other major shooting incidents in the United States

Reuters | Friday August 31, 2012

Several people are reported dead at a supermarket in New Jersey after a gunman opened fire. Unconfirmed reports say the gunman is among those killed. Here is a timeline of some of the other worst shooting incidents in recent times carried out by one...

Empire State Building shooting: All nine victims hit by police

Associated Press | Sunday August 26, 2012

All nine bystanders caught in the crossfire of a shooting outside New York City's iconic Empire State Building were wounded by two police officers who had never fired their weapons on duty, authorities confirmed Saturday.

Empire State Building shooting: Gunman quiet loner, victim outgoing family man

Associated Press | Saturday August 25, 2012

A gunman who killed a former co-worker in cold blood in the shadow of the Empire State Building and then was shot dead by police after he turned his gun on them spent long hours in the quiet of Central Park, photographing hawks and marveling over nat...

Empire State Building shooting: Police gunfire may have injured bystanders

Associated Press | Saturday August 25, 2012

The nine people believed injured by stray police gunfire outside the Empire State Building were not the first to learn how dangerous a crowded street can be in a gunfight.

Video shows shooting outside Empire State Building

Associated Press | Saturday August 25, 2012

Dramatic surveillance video shows a police confrontation with a man who had fatally shot a former colleague near the Empire State Building lasted only a few seconds.

Empire State Building shooting: Gunman killed former co-worker before being shot dead

Associated Press | Saturday August 25, 2012

A laid-off clothing designer fatally shot an executive at his former company outside the Empire State Building on Friday, setting off a chaotic showdown with police in front of one of the world's best-known landmarks. Officers killed the gunman and a...

Empire State building shooting: Gunman, a designer, lost his job a year ago

Reuters | Saturday August 25, 2012

Neighbours of Jeffrey Johnson assumed the man who greeted them as he left home in a suit each morning was on his way to work -- until on Friday when police say he started a gunfight near the Empire State Building that left him and a former co-worker ...

Empire State building shooting: 2 killed, 8 injured

Reuters | Saturday August 25, 2012

Two people were killed and at least eight wounded in a shooting outside the Empire State Building on Friday, a New York police source said, creating chaos and shocking tourists and commuters who witnessed the bloody scene outside the landmark tourist...