Scene of the Empire State Building shooting – in pictures

A New York police officer keeps watch near the crime scene outside the Empire State Building Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Workers look over the scene of the shooting, which injured at least nine people Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Getty Images

A woman is treated at the scene of the shooting Photograph: Brendan McDermid/REUTERS

Witness Rebecca Cox recounts what she saw Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP

Police crime scene tape blocks 34th St at Fifth Avenue, near the scene of the shooting Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP

Police stand near a body covered by a sheet on Fifth Avenue Photograph: Louis Lanzano/AP

A woman takes a picture from behind crime scene tape Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

People look out from a building near the Empire State Building Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

The body of a shooting victim is wheeled to a medical examiner's van Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Getty Images

New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at a press conference on Fifth Avenue Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

New York City police officers talk at the scene of the shooting Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Getty Images

Investigators walk near the scene of the shooting Photograph: Mehdi Taamallah/AFP/Getty Images

Onlookers near the Empire State Building Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Tourists from France pose for a photo in front of the crime scene Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images