by Jim Fitzgerald, Associated Press
NEW YORK - A former FBI agent who became an executive at an insurance company called two co-workers into his office Monday morning, shot them to death and then killed himself, a source told The Associated Press.
The apparent shooter, identified as a vice president at the insurance giant Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield who worked for the company’s fraud unit, was formerly an agent at the FBI in New Jersey, a federal law enforcement source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press.
The shooting happened at around 8:20 a.m. at Broadway near 40th Street near Times Square . The site is a temporary office leased by Blue Cross, said Soraya Rodriguez, a company spokeswoman, who had no further details.
Kerin McCue, a news anchor at WOR-Radio, a tenant in the 25-story building, said security officials instructed people on each floor to remain where they were.
The front of the building and a stretch of Broadway were blocked off with crime scene tape, preventing many people from getting to their jobs.
Margarita Pabon said she has worked in the building for three years. “It’s scary,” she said. “It’s seemed like a safe building.”
Another worker, Jennifer Montgomery, said, “I’m concerned about security now. It just goes to show you anything can happen anywhere.”