A man who held an apparent shotgun to his neck near the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan on Thursday is in police custody and poses no threat, the New York City police department said. Live news video showed the man surrendering to police outside the fence around the UN compound on Manhattan’s East Side. “The individual is now in custody and there is NO THREAT to the public,” the New York Police Department tweeted. (…) “We have absolutely zero indication that this person is a staff member or former staff member or in any way linked to the U.N.,” U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters.
via reuters: Man with gun outside UN in New York surrenders to police