Through tweets, photos, witnesses share chaos outside of Empire State Building

When two people were killed and nine injured in a shooting incident Friday morning outside the Empire State Building, bystanders flooded social networks with eyewitness reports. Here are a selection of tweets and photos from the scene.


 

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Very fascinating pictures of absolutely nothing. Twitter rocks!

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Reply#1 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:48 PM EDT

Looks like they are sitting there waiting for a parade. Move on so some actual work can be done.

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#1.1 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:15 PM EDT

I've taken poops more interesting than those pictures are

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#1.2 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:52 PM EDT

"Guns don't Kill People",

"People Kill People".

"Corporations are People my friend",

BTW, My Obama / Biden Tee shirt, was made here in the U.S.A.

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#1.3 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:45 PM EDT

Typical New York crowd. Just enjoying the daily freak show! Nothing really upsets them. I think they've seen it all already.

    #1.4 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 6:58 PM EDT
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    yeah, nothing here, what gives

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    Reply#2 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:59 PM EDT

    firefox displayed nothing for me but ie works

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    Reply#3 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:05 PM EDT

    jax08,

    "firefox displayed nothing for me but ie works"

    Doesn't Firefox display pictures? I use Internet Explorer. It displays everything but what you want it to display.

      #3.1 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 7:08 PM EDT
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      Are such incidents about guns, crazy people...or both!!?

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      Reply#4 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:34 PM EDT

      @opieradio on twitter still has the best pics.

        Reply#5 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:38 PM EDT

        Sort of sick how many people crowd around to look at the scene of carnage.

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        Reply#6 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:03 PM EDT

        And the results are tweets, facebook postings, and the inevitable you tube videos.....

          #6.1 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:06 PM EDT

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            #6.2 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 7:05 PM EDT
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            Media needs to wait until there is somethig to report before posting an article with "no real" information. In this case, "a thousand pictures don't say a word". Yes, I said it!!

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            Reply#7 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:32 PM EDT

            Well stated Maynard. A lot of over blown crap.

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            #7.1 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:40 PM EDT
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            Pictures? What pictures?

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            Reply#8 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:39 PM EDT

            A whole lot of crap. It is irresponsible of the media to repost the crap that is highly inaccurate.

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            Reply#9 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:41 PM EDT

            How can this shooting happen? People are not allowed to have guns in New York City per Mayor Bloomberg! Wait, the good guys don't have guns. Only the bad guys have them. Hmmm, what's wrong with this picture?

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            Reply#10 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:10 PM EDT

            Right Ric, When will they get it that banning guns will just keep the bad guys in business. Stop the restricyions on guns in the city and you will see a lot less of this.

              #10.1 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 6:41 PM EDT
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              I see one picture and one tweet and a 1/4 of another picture......is there more to it than that????

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              Reply#11 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:26 PM EDT

              Amazing how many people (including the media) create the story rather than reporting the real story.

                Reply#12 - Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:29 PM EDT
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