Jeffrey Johnson

Police look on after shooting gunman Jeffrey Johnson near the Empire State Building in New York.

The scene of the shooting by the Empire State Building, on Fifth Avenue, between West 33rd and 34th
Streets, on August 24, 2012. The body of the suspected shooter, who was identified as Jeffrey
Johnson, 58, was inspected by emergency personnel.
(Credit Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)

Officials examine the body of gunman Jeffrey Johnson, who was killed by police gunfire
outside the Empire State Building.
(Vladimir Dusil/AP)

Officials examine the body of gunman Jeffrey Johnson after he was shot by police.
(Vladimir Dusil/AP)

Officials examine the body of gunman Jeffrey Johnson after he was shot by police.
(Vladimir Dusil/AP)

Empire State Building shooting.

Police surround a sheet covered body, lower left, on a Fifth Avenue sidewalk as they investigate a multiple
 shooting outside the Empire State Building, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. At least four people were
shot on Friday morning and the gunman was dead, New York City officials said. A witness said the
gunman was firing indiscriminately.
(AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Chaos: NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly has defended the action of the police - who fired 16 rounds
 of bullets killing Johnson and wounding nine passers-by - as entirely 'appropriate'.

Empire State Building shooting.

The body of shooting victim Steven Ercolino, 41, on a sidewalk near the Empire State Building
in New York, Friday Aug. 24, 2012.

Bystanders and police look on as a man lies on the sidewalk after a shooting incident near the Empire State
Building in New York August 24, 2012. Two people were killed and at least eight wounded in the incident.
(Reuters/Mickey C. Marrero)

This cell phone photo taken by Brendan Gunn, shows the body of shooting victim Steven Ercolino, 41, in New
York, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. According to city officials, Ercolino, a vice president of sales for Hazan Imports,
was fatally shot by Jeffrey Johnson, 58, a woman’s accessories designer whom Ercolino had laid off, outside
the Empire State Building setting off a chaotic showdown with police in front of one of the world’s best-known
landmarks. Police officers killed the gunman and at least nine others were wounded by stray police gunfire,
authorities said.
(AP Photo/Brendan Gunn)

The body of shooting victim Steven Ercolino, 41, on a sidewalk near the Empire State Building
in New York, Friday Aug. 24, 2012.

Jeffrey Johnson reportedly threw down Steven Ercolino then shot him 3 times.

The body of shooting victim Steven Ercolino, 41, on a sidewalk near the Empire State Building
in New York, Friday Aug. 24, 2012.

Pictured together: Steven Ercolino, left, and Jeffrey Johnson, right, are seen
at an office gathering at Hazan Import.

The victim

Steven Ercolino, 41.

Jeffrey T. Johnson biography