RAW Video - 2 dead in shooting at Empire State Building

	RAW Video - 2 dead in shooting at Empire State Building A man who had been fired from his job a year ago shot and killed a former co-worker outside New York City's Empire State Building leaving the victim's heartbroken father to say the victim was a "wonderful son." At least nine others were wounded in a brief gun battle with two police officers, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, adding that some of the wounded "may have been accidentally" shot by police officers. Speaking near the crime scene, Bloomberg told reporters the man, identified as Jeffrey Johnson, 58, had been fired from his job at Hazan Import Corp., which specializes in women's accessories, last year and returned to his former offices to confront a co-worker. After a dispute with his former co-worker Steven Ercolino, Johnson pulled out a .45 caliber handgun and shot him three times, killing him, police said. Ercolino's father confirmed that it was his 41-year-old son who was killed. "Steven was a wonderful son. He was very good son and person," Frank Ercolino of Warwick, NY, told ABC News. As Johnson fled the shooting, he was followed by a construction worker, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said. The construction worker alerted two NYPD officers who confronted the man. Johnson pulled his gun again, at which point the police drew their own weapons and killed him. "He tried to shoot at the cops... We do not know if he got any shots off," Bloomberg said. Witness George King told ABC News he watched several people around him struck by bullets. "I <b>...</b>	From: ThisIsMyFunnyVideo Views: 1526 2 ratings
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