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Park Avenue mass shooting — inside the Midtown tower
Coverage of the mass shooting at 345 Park Avenue — McLaughlin reported on the chaos inside the skyscraper as office workers barricaded themselves from the gunman.
A gunman carrying a rifle entered 345 Park Avenue — home to the NFL, Blackstone and KPMG — on July 28, 2025, killing NYPD officer Didarul Islam and three civilians before taking his own life on the 33rd floor. McLaughlin covered the shooting for NBC News, describing the chaos inside the tower as office workers barricaded themselves against the gunman.
Why it mattered
Four people were killed, including NYPD officer Didarul Islam, in a mass shooting in one of Manhattan's busiest office districts — a major domestic breaking-news event minutes from NBC headquarters.
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