Overview

• Monday evening, an armed individual opened fire in the lobby of 345 Park Avenue, a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper housing tenants including Blackstone, KPMG and J.P. Morgan.
• The shooter was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the 33rd floor after injuring at least one NYPD officer and multiple civilians.
• The building was placed on lockdown as roughly 100 tenants sheltered in place and police sealed off East 52nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenues.
• FBI New York Field Office agents joined NYPD tactical units on the scene and investigators have transitioned to forensics and evidence collection.
• Recent shootings in North Philadelphia’s Nicetown and near the Bronx Dominican Day Parade underscore a broader rise in unpredictable urban gun violence.