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On August 21, 2015, a gunman opened fire at a federal building in Manhattan, New York. 68-year-old Kevin Downing fatally shot an armed security guard before committing suicide further into the building. Downing was a former United States Department of Labor employee who had become disgruntled after his firing in 1999.

Background
The federal building at 201 Varick Street houses offices for multiple federal agencies, including the Department of Labor and the Department of Homeland Security. It also contains a post office, a passport processing center, and an immigration court.

Shooting
At 5:05 p.m.