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An area where New Yorkers come to do business is spooked by a burst of violence.
By Wesley Parnell and Santul Nerkar
Workers scrambled onto the street in Midtown Manhattan, some crying and others with their hands in the air, after a shooting left a police officer dead and at least two others were shot.
On the 31st floor of 345 Park Avenue, where the violence occurred, employees of the asset manager Blackstone heard a loud bang from a floor above. Some shrugged it off, while others started running toward the exits. Then, employees received an email notifying them that there was a shooter in the building. A follow-up email urged them to evacuate, though at that point police officers were ushering employees out one floor at a time by the elevator.
