The Fashion Institute of Technology building in Manhattan was briefly placed on lockdown Friday after reports of an armed shooter. By 6.40pm, the suspect had been taken into custody and the lockdown was lifted. Police were seen clearing the street of pedestrians and establishing a perimeterAn armed man in a trench coat was reported inside a Fashion Institute of Technology Building in Manhattan on Friday evening. The Fashion Institute of Technology is a public school and part of the the State University of New York (SUNY) system. It has a student body of roughly 8,700 and focuses on art, business, design, mass communication, and technology connected to the fashion industry.

Source: Daily Mail April 05, 2019 22:38 UTC