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"    Photo: Getty Images   According to developing reports, the area around the Empire State building in NYC was not a safe place to be at 9 a.m. as at least ten people were shot at a crime scene in which a gunman opened fire. He was said to be holding a .45-caliber semi-automatic handgun. Two have been pronounced dead: a 41-year-old man and the shooter. Mayor Bloomberg stated in a press conference at 11 a.m. this morning, that some of the wounded victims may have been accidentally shot by police officers responding to the crime scene. According to WWD the gunman has been identified as Jeffrey Johnson, a 53-year-old women&amp;#039;s accessories designer who worked at Hazan Imports for six years. Police commissioner Raymond Kelly described the him as a &amp;quot;disgruntled former     employee,&amp;quot; and Bloomberg said he had been fired from his job about a year ago. According to CNN, Johnson&amp;#039;s victim was his former coworker. Bloomberg noted that he was shooting out on the street by the Empire State building, and he also confirmed that the nine wounded are expected to recover quickly.  &amp;quot;I ask everyone to keep the victims in their thoughts and in their prayers,&amp;quot; encouraged Bloomberg. &amp;quot;This is a terrible tragedy, and there is no doubt that the situation would have been even more tragic, but if not for some extraordinary acts of heroism\u2026New York City is the safest big city in this country but we are not immune to the national problem of gun violence.&amp;quot; Watch Bloomberg&amp;#039;s full speech  here.    "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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