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A disgruntled former apparel designer was killed Friday morning in a hail of police gunfire in front of the Empire State Building after he shot and killed a co-worker and engaged in a gunbattle with two officers, authorities said. 根据官方消息，纽约市的地标性建筑帝国大厦前在当地时间周五早上发生枪击事件，一位前任饰品设计师因为不满而朝前同事开枪将其射杀。该枪手随后在与两名警察的交火中被击毙。 Nine others were hit by bullets, some possibly fired by police, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. 事件中有9人受伤，纽约市的市长迈克尔·彭博表示有些可能是被警方在交战中误伤的。 The violence erupted just as visitors began to queue up to ascend the famous New York skyscraper. 枪击事件发生时，正有游客排队等待进入参观这座纽约市著名的摩天大楼。 Police identified the shooter as 58-year-old Jeffrey Johnson, who was apparently laid off from his job as a designer of women's accessories at Hazan Import last year. 警方目前已确定枪手的身份为58岁的杰弗瑞·约翰逊，他之前在女性衣物及饰品商店 Hazan Import工作，但去年已经被辞退。 Bloomberg emphasized that the shooting was not terrorism-related. But that didn’t make it any less terrifying to the people caught up in the melee in one of Manhattan’s busiest areas, especially in a city still haunted by the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. | 
