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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A man shot and wounded a security officer, and then took his own life, at a federal office building in Lower Manhattan Friday, police said.

As CBS2’s Alice Gainer reported, the shooting happened at 5:19 p.m. at the federal office building at 201 Varick St., at Houston Street.

The suspect walked into the building, pulled out a gun and shot the security guard, and then shot himself fatally, sources said.

Police told CBS2’s Gainer the gunman walked into the building and shot the security guard in the head. The suspect then walked through the metal detector and shot himself in the head, police said.

The security guard was rushed to Bellevue Hospital Center in an unknown condition.

The building houses a Department of Veterans Affairs office, a U.S. Post Office, The National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, an Immigration Court, and other offices.

Police said the private security guard who was shot was employed by the federal government. The suspect was a veteran, police said.

The building was placed on lockdown, and was then evacuated, following the shooting.

At 6 p.m., police had just reopened traffic along Houston and Varick streets. All roads leading to Varick Street were closed immediately following the shooting.

Update:

Report officer has died, NY Post also confirming…

HT: Pzfeed