By Lananh Nguyen
NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York City police converged on a Park Avenue skyscraper in midtown Manhattan where gunshots were reported fired on Monday inside the tower housing offices of several financial firms and the headquarters of the National Football League, police said.
The New York Post and CNN, both citing police sources, reported that the gunman killed himself.
The New York Post newspaper, citing unnamed police sources, reported that a gunman wearing a bullet-resistant vest and carrying an AR-style rifle opened fire inside the skyscraper, wounding a police officer and a bystander. The Post reported they were in critical condition.
The gunman, the Post reported, had barricaded himself inside the office tower, possibly on the 32nd floor of the building.
NBC News said police were responding to a reported active shooter incident in which at least one person was shot. The report cited sources.
The skyscraper at 345 Park Avenue houses a number of financial firms, including Blackstone, KPMG and Deutsche Bank, along with the NFL headquarters and the Consulate General of Ireland.
There was large police presence in the area, according to media footage.
“There is an active shooter investigation taking place in Midtown right now,” New York Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement on social media platform X.
A spokesperson for the New York Police Department said that she could only confirm that a report of shots fired was made from the a skyscraper.
The NYPD said in a statement posted on X there was police activity in the area but did not provide further details on the incident.
The FBI said agents from its New York field office were also responding to provide support at the scene.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Dan Burns and Sandra Maler)
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