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Please stick to language NYPD uses referring to the photos showing a person of interest wanted for questioning. We should NOT refer to the person as the suspected gunman.<br /><br /><br />X post: “Below are photos of a person of interest wanted for questioning regarding the Midtown Manhattan homicide on Dec. 4. This does not appear to be a random act of violence; all indications are that it was a premediated, targeted attack.”<br /><br /><br />CNN has geolocated the two images to a hostel’s location on the Upper West Side in NYC.

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