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Empire State Building Shooter Lost His Job As A Fashion Designer A Year Ago
Business Insider ^ | 08/24/2012 | Ashley Lutz and Eric Platt

Posted on 08/24/2012 9:31:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Details are emerging about the man who opened fire at the Empire State Building today, killing his former boss. Mayor Michael Bloomberg identified the shooter as 53-year-old Jeffrey Johnson. According to NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Johnson worked as a women's accessories designer for Hazan Imports Corporation.

But he apparently lost his job a year ago when the company downsized.

The New York Post reported that Hazan stalked his former boss down the street and shot him.

According to a company profile on ZoomInfo, Hazan Imports employs between 50 and 100 people and focuses on budget handbags. It's located at 10 West 33rd street, right near the Empire State Building:

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: New York
KEYWORDS: empirestate; jeffreyjohnson; nyc; shooter
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1 posted on 08/24/2012 9:31:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I have to ask: Was this guy gay? Oh, and why didn’t he obey New York City’s gun laws?


2 posted on 08/24/2012 9:33:33 AM PDT by MeganC (The Cinemark theatre in Aurora, CO is a 'Gun Free Zone'. Spread the word.)
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To: SeekAndFind

fashion designers with guns...

was it pink gun?

wonder if he had AIDS and figured he had nothing left to live for.


3 posted on 08/24/2012 9:36:12 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Devil Wore Prada!


4 posted on 08/24/2012 9:36:49 AM PDT by crosshairs (America: Once the land of the free. Still the home of the brave.)
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To: SeekAndFind
This senseless shooting was MADE by 0bama's economy.

5 posted on 08/24/2012 9:37:18 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your teaching is my delight.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“The New York Post reported that Hazan stalked his former boss down the street and shot him.”

That’s some great reporting.

Idiots.


6 posted on 08/24/2012 9:37:58 AM PDT by Uncle Slayton
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Now I am hearing that some of the people shot were shot by the POLICE! The POLICE? What in God's name ever happened to knowing where every bullet goes? It used to be called shot placement. Now it just spray and pray. God help us.
7 posted on 08/24/2012 9:38:48 AM PDT by Tupelo (Republicans, ...Are any of them worthy of my vote?)
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To: MeganC

Most men fashion designers are just that - flaming, fabulous, flamboyant, and have sparkle!


8 posted on 08/24/2012 9:39:30 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Did he have a back pack full of Chick Fil A sammiches?


9 posted on 08/24/2012 9:39:57 AM PDT by albie
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To: SeekAndFind

Ban gays now!

; )


10 posted on 08/24/2012 9:40:32 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
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Lost His Job As A Fashion Designer A Year Ago


I guess he will be designing orange jumpsuits from now on?


11 posted on 08/24/2012 9:41:25 AM PDT by Leep (I'm a Chic-Fil--A-merican)
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“His” job? Fashion designer?

Yeah, I’m guessing he’s not one of those gruff guys with calloused hands and a beer belly.

One of Obama’s “supporters.”


12 posted on 08/24/2012 9:43:41 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Leep

Probably not since he is dead.


13 posted on 08/24/2012 9:43:41 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.)
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To: Tupelo

As the citizenry’s status drops to that of animals the police just see them more and more like dogs. And you know what happens when police meet dogs!


14 posted on 08/24/2012 9:44:17 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Another chapter of the popular YouTube series “Homos Gone Wild”.


15 posted on 08/24/2012 9:44:33 AM PDT by Kenton
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Hmmmm,fashion designer.This could be fun.
16 posted on 08/24/2012 9:46:39 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Word Is Out,Harry Reid's Into Child Porn.Release All Your Photos,Harry!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Mayor Michael Bloomberg identified the shooter as 53-year-old Jeffrey Johnson. According to NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Johnson worked as a women’s accessories designer for Hazan Imports Corporation.

But he apparently lost his job a year ago when the company downsized.

The New York Post reported that Hazan stalked his former boss down the street and shot him.
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Article identifies 53-year-old Jeffrey Johnson as the shooter. But then prints this:

The New York Post reported that Hazan stalked his former boss down the street and shot him.

Hard to believe that this tripe got past the two reporters and at least one editor.


17 posted on 08/24/2012 9:46:56 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012
This senseless shooting was MADE by 0bama’s economy. Do you mean that Obama murdered him? Where have I heard that before?
18 posted on 08/24/2012 9:47:45 AM PDT by Bitsy
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To: Uncle Slayton

Better coverage;
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/person-killed-shooting-empire-state-building-morning-rush-article-1.1143522


19 posted on 08/24/2012 9:48:53 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Hell hath no fury like a fashion designer scorned?



Maybe he though the gun was filled with rainbows?
20 posted on 08/24/2012 9:49:18 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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