According to Al jazeera, two people have been killed and at least eight others wounded in a shooting outside of the Empire State Building in New York, according to a police source from the US city.
One of the dead was the shooter, the source said, adding that the incident did not appear to be terrorism-related.
A fire department spokesperson said it received a call about the shooting just after 9am local time (13:00 GMT) on Friday, and that emergency units were on the scene within minutes.
The spokesperson said paramedics are evaluating eight people but some of them may not have been shot.
One of the dead was the shooter, the source said, adding that the incident did not appear to be terrorism-related.
A fire department spokesperson said it received a call about the shooting just after 9am local time (13:00 GMT) on Friday, and that emergency units were on the scene within minutes.
The spokesperson said paramedics are evaluating eight people but some of them may not have been shot.
It is not clear what the casualties' conditions were, or what led to the shooting at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue, just beside the city's iconic skyscraper.
One witness, Aliyah Imam, told TV station Fox 5 News that the gunman was "shooting indiscriminately at people".
She said a young woman standing next to her fell to the ground after being shot in the hip.
Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler, reporting from New York, said: "The New York department have confirmed that the gunman is dead, what they are not able to confirm is whether it was a self-inflicted gun wound or if he was shot by the police.
"There are varying numbers of how many people were injured by the shooting, eight to 10 people have been reported injured, but those numbers have not been confirmed."
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