Police release video of Empire State shooting scene.
- 12 years ago
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STORY: Jeffery Johnson, an out-of-work fashion designer, fatally shot a former co-worker near the Empire State Building police said on Friday before he was killed in a blaze of gunshots by police, stunning tourists and commuters outside of one of New York's most popular landmarks.
Police released video that they say showed Johnson walking rapidly down the street trailed by two police officers. The man then stops, wheels around and pulls out a gun. The police officers fire and kill him.
Nine bystanders were wounded, possibly all of them by police bullets, though none of their injuries were life-threatening, police said. Much of the day, police listed the casualty total at 10 people but late Friday changed the number to 11.
Officials said women's accessories designer Jeffrey Johnson, 58, had been laid off from Hazan Imports a year ago and that while working there, had been locked in a dispute with the victim, Steven Ercolino. Police said Johnson had claimed the victim failed to sell enough of his creations and held a grudge.
Investigators said they were attempting to determine whether Johnson shot anyone beyond his initial target. All nine of the surviving victims could have been hit by the two police officers who shot at Johnson, officials said.
Several were likely hit by police bullets that ricocheted off large, anti-terror concrete flower pots stationed outside the Manhattan landmark, police said.
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)
STORY: Jeffery Johnson, an out-of-work fashion designer, fatally shot a former co-worker near the Empire State Building police said on Friday before he was killed in a blaze of gunshots by police, stunning tourists and commuters outside of one of New York's most popular landmarks.
Police released video that they say showed Johnson walking rapidly down the street trailed by two police officers. The man then stops, wheels around and pulls out a gun. The police officers fire and kill him.
Nine bystanders were wounded, possibly all of them by police bullets, though none of their injuries were life-threatening, police said. Much of the day, police listed the casualty total at 10 people but late Friday changed the number to 11.
Officials said women's accessories designer Jeffrey Johnson, 58, had been laid off from Hazan Imports a year ago and that while working there, had been locked in a dispute with the victim, Steven Ercolino. Police said Johnson had claimed the victim failed to sell enough of his creations and held a grudge.
Investigators said they were attempting to determine whether Johnson shot anyone beyond his initial target. All nine of the surviving victims could have been hit by the two police officers who shot at Johnson, officials said.
Several were likely hit by police bullets that ricocheted off large, anti-terror concrete flower pots stationed outside the Manhattan landmark, police said.