Update: Authorities say a gunman was shot dead by an off-duty police officer after the assailant wounded a person at a central New York AT&T store. Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara says the gunman entered the store this afternoon and shot a person before an off-duty Rome police officer killed him. McNamara wouldn’t say whether the wounded person was...
Update:
Authorities say a gunman was shot dead by an off-duty police officer after the assailant wounded a person at a central New York AT&T store.
Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara says the gunman entered the store this afternoon and shot a person before an off-duty Rome police officer killed him. McNamara wouldn’t say whether the wounded person was an employee or a customer. That victim was in surgery Thursday afternoon.
Earlier:
NEW YORK MILLS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a gunman was shot dead by an off-duty police officer after the assailant killed a customer and wounded an employee at a central New York AT&T store.
Rome Public Safety Commissioner James Masucci says it isn’t clear whether the attack early Thursday afternoon was a robbery. A store employee told the Utica Observer-Dispatch that the gunman was a customer who had been banned from the store about a month ago for being disruptive.
Masucci said the wounded person was in stable condition at a hospital. No names were immediately released.
The shooting happened in New York Mills, about 40 miles east of Syracuse. The off-duty officer is from the nearby city of Rome.
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