Police say man shoots himself fatally outside NY City Hall
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Police say a man drove up to a gate outside New York's City Hall and shot himself to death.
A police spokesman says the man drove a black sedan up to the east gate of City Hall at 7:30 a.m. Monday and shot himself in the head. His name was not released. There were no other injuries.
Manhattan-bound traffic on the nearby Brooklyn Bridge was halted while police investigated the shooting, causing rush-hour traffic backups on both sides of the bridge.
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The man shot himself close to one of two main security checkpoints for all people entering City Hall. Members of the public must pass through a metal detector before entering the building.
Security was tightened after a gunman killed a city councilman in 2003.