A police officer and three other people have been killed following a shooting at a skyscraper in New York on Monday (28 July). Eyewitness footage taken from a nearby hotel shows NYPD officers entering the office building located in Midtown Manhattan. The gunman, who also died from a self-inflicted wound, was identified by police as Shane Tamura, a 27-year-old from Las Vegas. Tamura is accused of walking into the lobby with an A4 assault rifle and “spraying” ammunition inside, killing four including police officer Didarul Islam, a father of two whose wife is pregnant with a third child.

A BBC news editor at the scene saw scores of police vehicles and at least one person with a bloodied chest being taken away.

New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirms that the scene has been contained.