Breaking: Shootings Reported Outside Empire State Building

Wayne Besen August 24, 2012

As many as five people were shot Friday in front of the Empire State Building in New York, a spokesman for the New York Fire Department said.

Authorities converged on the building around 9 a.m. after reports of gunfire.

Additional details were not immediately available.

About the Author

Wayne Besen is the Founding Executive Director of Truth Wins Out and author of “Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth” (Haworth, 2003). In 2010, Besen was awarded the “Visionary Award” at the Out Music Awards for organizing the American Prayer Hour, an event which shined a spotlight on the role American evangelicals played in the introduction of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill.

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2 Comments

Paul Douglas August 24, 2012 at 12:44 pm -

I’m sure the fact that America is awash with guns could have nothing to do with this situation.
Maggi Carter August 24, 2012 at 2:27 pm -

Let’s wait to see some details of the shooter’s life — he was mad for a year before shooting?? This story already screaming out for further real investigation…