New York City police stand near the body of shooting victim Steven Ercolino, 41, on a sidewalk near the Empire State Building in New York, Friday Aug. 24, 2012. According to city officials, Ercolino, a vice president of sales for Hazan Imports, was fatally shot by Jeffrey Johnson, 58, a woman's accessories designer whom Ercolino had laid off, outside the Empire State Building setting off a chaotic showdown with police in front of one of the world's best-known landmarks. Police officers killed the gunman and at least nine others were wounded, some by stray police gunfire, authorities said.
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This cell phone photo taken by Brendan Gunn, shows the body of shooting victim Steven Ercolino, 41, in New York, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012.
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Officials examine the body of gunman Jeffrey Johnson, who was killed by police gunfire after he fatally shot Steven Ercolino, an executive at his former company, outside the Empire State Building, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. At least nine bystanders were hit by gunfire in the confrontation.
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Officials examine the body of gunman Jeffrey Johnson, who was killed by police gunfire after he fatally shot Steven Ercolino, an executive at his former company, outside the Empire State Building, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York.
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Officials examine the body of gunman Jeffrey Johnson, who was killed by police gunfire after he fatally shot Steven Ercolino, an executive at his former company, outside the Empire State Building, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York.
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In this photo made with a cell phone, officials examine the body of gunman Jeffrey Johnson, who was killed by police gunfire after he fatally shot Steven Ercolino, an executive at his former company, outside the Empire State Building, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York.
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A recently fired store worker shot a former colleague to death outside New York's iconic Empire State Building and then randomly opened fired on people nearby, two law enforcement officials said. This photo posted to an Instagram account belonging to a person identified as mr_mookie, an eyewitness at the scene, shows a victim of a shooting being tended to by pedestrians outside the Empire State Building in New York
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The officials said eight other people were struck by bullets, but those injuries were not believed to be life threatening. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter. In this photo, a body lies on the sidewalk near the Empire State Building after a shooting
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The officials said the gunman previously worked at a store inside the skyscraper at the heart of Manhattan. The shooting happened at about 9 a.m. (1300 GMT). In this photo, police surround a sheet covered body on a Fifth Avenue sidewalk
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In this frame grab from WABC-TV, emergency personnel respond to reports of several people being shot outside the Empire State Building. Federal officials said the shooting wasn't related to terrorism. A security guard said it didn't involve the parts of the building where thousands of tourists gather daily to visit the tower.
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The shootings occurred at the height of the summer travel season and just after the morning rush hour. In this picture, police lean over a sheet covered body on Fifth Avenue
