Tighter Security and Grief Hit Midtown Manhattan After Shooting
A New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer outside the building at 345 Park Avenue in New York on July 29.
Photographer: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty ImagesMere hours after a deadly shooting spree forced the evacuation of the 345 Park Ave. office tower in Midtown Manhattan, some employees were back to collect their possessions.
As temperatures soared in New York City on Tuesday, they were asked to wait in the sun. The 44-story building — a symbol of the Wall Street North financial corridor home to the headquarters of private equity giant Blackstone Inc. — was shut as authorities investigate Monday evening’s rampage that killed four people as well as the shooter.