All nine people who were wounded in a shootout outside Empire State Building here were injured by shots fired by the New York police officers as they were confronting a gunman after he had killed his

Several people were shot on Friday near the Empire State Building, one of New York's most popular tourist attractions, police said.

"There are people who were shot near the Empire State Building," a

Two people were killed and at least eight were wounded in a shooting outside the Empire State Building in New York City on Friday, according to a New York Police source.

One of the dead was the shoot