President Donald Trump stated that he has been briefed on the mass shooting that occurred in a Manhattan office tower in Midtown New York City, which resulted in at least four fatalities. The incident caused a lockdown in the area and disrupted a large section of Midtown. Trump condemned the shooting as an "act of senseless violence" carried out by a "lunatic." He also praised a New York Police Department officer who lost his life in the incident, describing the sacrifice as the ultimate. The shooting targeted the Blackstone Building, a notable skyscraper in Manhattan.