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Madison Avenue Building Lockdown Follow-Up

2008_07_232gunman.jpgYesterday afternoon, employees working at 232 Madison Avenue were told to lock themselves in their offices, because police were searching for an armed man in the building--apparently a doorman had seen a man with a gun enter the building. A suspect was found in a bathroom and taken into custody, but WNBC reports the police didn't immediately find the weapon. Still a witness told WABC, "I think whatever the police did today definitely stopped a situation from being far worse."

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By Jen Chung in on July 25, 2008 8:01 AM

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  • tamar_e4

    I was there! We were parked in the garage across the street, where the police thought the guy hid his gun. They sent a police dog in to sniff around and he came back empty-jawed. The police must have been doing their job right and protecting civilians, because we couldn't get our car out for two hours... In typical NY fashion though - the garage made everyone pay for the time spent outside the garage waiting to get the cars out...

  • JMH
    he did exactly what he should have done, called the police and not get shot.
    Yeah, rule number one for a lot of situations is "don't get shot."
  • Snoopy

    If he got rid of his green shirt in Williamsburg he would blend into crowd a lot easier.

  • JacqueMehoff

    that does not look like a green shirt to me. if he ditched it to get less noticed only to have that body with those tattoos, bad idea.

  • janelle

    yikes. i was less than a block away yesterday afternoon.

  • Cacheton

    and how is he going to stop him? with politeness?



    he did exactly what he should have done, called the police and not get shot.

  • citizenerased

    Well done doorman. Rule #1 don't let people with guns in the building.

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