Shots Fired Midtown Manhattan: Massive New York City Swat and Police Presence

There is massive police presence in the area of Penn Station in New York City. Officers are responding to reports of shots fired.

Gunshots have been heard fired on 32nd street between 6th and 7th avenue in New York. Police and SWAT teams are reported at the scene.

RT called NYPD for information on the shooting incident and was told “we don’t have any information at the moment.”

Sources on the ground told sources tell PIX11News that NYPD  were in pursuit of suspect armed with the meat cleaver before shots have been heard fired near Penn Station.

One witness, Cesar Razuri tweeted that he heard 5-7 shots. He says that police units are now coming in and out of the parking garage in the building where his office is located.

Periscope tweet from @lyndseyrathburn shows an ambulance leaving the scene with at least three helicopter circling above. The street is cordoned off with a large police presence.

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