Midtown Building Locked Down as Cops Look for Perp

Scary: A reader emailed us, "Sooo we’re currently on lockdown in my office building in midtown Manhattan (232 Madison at 37th). There are cops here and we were told to stay in our offices with our doors locked because apparently there’s a guy in a green shirt with a gun in the building." Another added that East 37th Street between Madison and 5th Avenues is shut down.

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By Jen Chung in News on July 24, 2008 4:11 PM

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lanciano

To bjornsaucey:

Yup, the Decepticons was indeed the name of an gang.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6DF153BF932A35750C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

dev

he's white...so not a terrorist. just a whack job.

no worries.

SikBug

So he's part of the Green line crew then Jacque?

JacqueMehoff

they found the guy, looks like he belongs in the yakusa with tattoos all over his body. for some reason, he was shirtless. saw the detail on the back tattoo, it says "456". it's a white pudgy shaven head guy.

bjornsaucey

There's actually a gang called the Decepticons? There's an Autobots themed car club in Flatbush, but wtf?

JacqueMehoff

don't they fire people on Friday?

lanciano

This brings back memories of that time in junior high when the Decepticons infiltrated our school. We were under lockdown in the locker room for a couple of hours while the authorities dealt with the gang members.