NBC News: At least one person has been shot at Varrick and Houston St. in the SOHO neighborhood in New York City.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) August 21, 2015
An armed security guard died early Friday evening after being shot in the head by a lone gunman at a U.S. Department of Justice building in lower Manhattan around 5 p.m. ET. The gunman, identified by police as 68-year-old Kevin Downing of Fort Lee, New Jersey, also died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
The security guard, identified as 53-year-old Idrissa Camara, was a private contractor.
Authorities say Downing shot Camara at close range shortly before shooting himself.









