Via NY Post:

A former Fox television employee is dead after shooting himself outside the News Corp. building Midtown, according to reports.

Phillip Perea, 41, shot himself in the chest just before 9 a.m. in front of the Sixth Avenue and West 47th Street building, cops and witnesses said.
Perea previously worked at a Fox station in Texas, according to The Wall Street Journal.

He had been handing out fliers, which criticized his ex-employer for having “ended my career” just before he shot himself, the official said.

Police at the scene said the man shot himself with a small-caliber pistol, which was found on the ground next to him. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he later died, cops said.

Prior to the shooting, the man was heard saying that the news channel ruined his life, a source said. In various tweets, Perea complained about his former employer.

Security guards asked the man to leave and when they turned around to walk back inside, they heard a gunshot, the source said.

No one else was injured.

A suicide note was recovered at the scene, cops said.

The News Corp. building houses Fox News Channel, in addition to other media companies, including The Post and The Wall Street Journal.