NEW YORK — A laid-off clothing designer fatally shot an executive at his former company outside the Empire State Building on Friday, setting off a chaotic showdown with police in front of one of the world's best-known landmarks. Officers killed the gunman and at least nine others were wounded, some by stray police gunfire, authorities said.
UPDATE: 2 killed, 9 wounded outside Empire State Building
Friday, August 24, 2012 | 4:42 p.m. CDT;
updated 8:18 p.m. CDT, Friday, August 24, 2012
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