Two hours of terror in New York skyscraper

For hundreds of employees on Park 345 Avenue, a sign 44 is a midtown Manhattan – a residential district, stuffed with large corporations – on Monday night suddenly became like no other.

When passengers made their way home to worsen the July evening, workers on Park Avenue Avenue ran for their lives, barricading a conference room with tables and sending loved ones for revision.

“I sent a message about my parents,” I love them, “said Jessica Chen, who works on the second floor.” Nothing can describe that feeling. “

Ms Chen and others in the skyscraper were pushing for the action of the unexpected sound of shots coming from the lobby.

The fire kills four people, including a New York police officer, as well as others in the lobby and on the 33rd floor. One man remains in a critical condition in the hospital.

A few minutes before the chaos, around 6:30 pm EST (23:30 BST), a 27-year-old guy went to one of the most busy areas in Manhattan, completing travel on the road to Colorado, Nebraska and Iowa.

Officials say that Shane Ah, from the Las Vegas, doubled his black BMW on Park Avenue – only quarters from the Rockefeller and St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Having carried a jacket, shirt and sunny glasses, he spent a rifle in the style of the assault hand, went with determination towards the skyscraper, where he knew that with the headquarters of the National Football League (NFL) was with the headquarters.

But he never got to this office.

Instead, when he reached the 345 park door, which stretches the whole quarter of New York, he began to “spray” the lobby with a gun, according to the New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tish.

At first, the officer passed the located officer. But then he turned to the right when he saw it and fired, killing the 36-year-old police officer New York Didarul Islam, who leaves two children, and a pregnant wife, said New York Eric Adams.

“He was killed in the porch as soon as he entered the building,” Adams said.

Authorities say that there was a little time before shooting another woman, making his way through the lobby and continuing to shoot. Wesley Lepatner, who worked upstairs at Blackstone’s financial firm, was killed.

“Our prayers with husband, children and family,” the company said.

NFL employee was “seriously injured” as a result of the attack, NFL authorized Roger Gudell wrote to the staff. Craig Clementei, who worked in the finance department, was on his way home when he was shot, his father -in -law Robert Hunter told. It is now restored after surgery.

As the gun continued to ring, another guard tried to activate the alarm in vain to disable the elevators, potentially preventing more massacre.

But guard Hollande Etienne was “killed” when he hid behind the counter, Adams said.

After that, the militant headed for the elevator. When he was waiting for the elevator, the woman appeared, and somehow allowed to get out of the pristine, police said.

But the lift he sat down will not bring him where he planned.

He went to the wrong bank of the elevator and came not to the NFL offices, but in the 33rd floors of the real estate company that owned the Rudin Management building.

As the chaos unfolded in the lobby, the building staff sent crazy messages via email and Microsoft team that the Blackstone employee told the Wall Street Journal.

Ms Chen told ABC News that she looked at the presentation on the second floor of a skyscraper with about 150 other people when he heard the first shots.

“Some went out into the back door,” she said. “Other people, including me, we ran into the conference.”

It seems like a photo that circulates in social media shows that Blackstone employees are collecting sofas, tables and other furniture in front of the door in a panic.

Meanwhile, those in the NFL offices received reports from the League that warn them about shooting, ESPN reports. They said to switch their phones to silence and hide until the law enforcement agencies came, they were waiting for a shooter who would never get to their goal.

Law enforcement was flooded on the square near the tower of the park.

Nethioshi Lewis heard the sounds of a fast rifle from the inside of the skyscraper, being next to a friend. She saw the militant through a glass, she said NBC News.

Before learning about it, someone ran from the building “very difficult” to them and began to cry for help, saying that he had been shot, said Ms. Lewis.

“Because he ran hard, I couldn’t believe it. He had something like that … the away wound in the back.”

She joined others, hiding behind the wall. When they waited, dozens of workers gradually rushed from the building, holding their hands over their heads when they were evacuated.

Meanwhile, the 33rd floor wandered inside the apra, shooting at the round, “when he traveled,” said Ms Tish. He shot his last victim.

Then, according to the authorities, he went down the hall and shot himself in the chest.

Therefore, he used the AR -15 style rifle, which he collected with the lower receiver – or with the frames he had purchased for him.

Investigators are still working with teams in the two states to make a trip from Las Vegas to New York.

A clumsy note from three pages was found on his body.

The militant wrote that he suffers from CTE, brain disease caused by head injuries as those who suffered in military battles and contact sports like American football. Officials also stated that there was a “documented history of mental health” in that time.

Therefore, the football in the teenager – although not professionally, according to friends – “seemed to blame the NFL,” said the mayor Adams.

“Learn my brain. Excuse me,” the note said.