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Bloomberg: “As You Know, NYC Safest Big City in the Country”

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That’s the takeaway Mayor Mike Bloomberg wanted everyone to have after this morning’s shooting at 34th and 5th outside the Empire State Building. NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly told a press conference that after the shooter, Jeffrey Johnson, killed his intended victim outside his former office, he was ID’d by a construction worker and engaged by two NYPD officers. All the additional casualties (looks like 9 at this point) were the result of the crossfire between Johnson and the two patrolmen. All of the wounded are expected to survive and Johnson was the only additional fatality. Initial reports that the shooter used a shotgun appear to be false as Hizzoner was very specific that Johnson used a .45 semi-automatic and closed the presser with the observation that, “there are a lotta guns out there.”

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