Heavily armed New York City police have surrounded the area outside the UN headquarters on East River and are reportedly negotiating with a person carrying a gun.
The NYPD has issued a traffic alert for the intersection of 42nd Street and 1st Avenue – right outside the UN HQ – and said the public should “expect emergency vehicles in the surrounding area.”
A video posted on Twitter by Newsmax host Greg Kelly shows emergency vehicles blocking the road and SWAT personnel with long rifles standing by.
RIGHT NOW: A GUY HAS A GUN IN FRONT OF THE UNITED NATIONS. POLICE ARE NEGOTIATING. STAND-OFF @UN @NYPDnews pic.twitter.com/NelcGzwC9A
— Greg Kelly-Ripped in 2022. (@gregkellyusa) December 2, 2021
“Put down the firearm. There are better ways to get your message across,” police can be heard telling the suspect, who appears to be a grey-haired white man, wearing a red sweater and a brown jacket.
It wasn’t clear from the video if the item in the man's hand is a gun, but Kelly’s video shows him holding on to something that appears to be a weapon. There was also a black bag of some kind on the ground by his feet.
At some point the suspect took off the jacket, and can be seen wearing the bright red sweater, as dozens of officers stand nearby.
Video from the scene showed the man holding what appeared to be a shotgun under his chin and speaking to officers.
#BREAKING Man with shotgun is pacing in front of the UN Headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. Gun pointed at himself. Police have him surrounded with bomb squad and bearcat. UNITED NATIONS #HappeningNow #nyc
— Scootercaster (@ScooterCasterNY) December 2, 2021
Video by https://t.co/MKhP0Go9IL pic.twitter.com/3tPEMiRJHO
UN Security has requested everyone at the headquarters to shelter in place, adding that it was monitoring the situation and that the “host country authorities are presently on the scene.”
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