Update, 5:05 p.m.:\u00a0 State police say the stand-off with suspected Herkimer shooter Kurt Meyers continues at this hour. Multiple police agencies are gathered outside an abandoned building, where shots were fired earlier. Speaking at State Police Barracks in Herkimer,\u00a0 Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls the situation there “very bleak.”\u00a0 He said police have identified “no apparent motive” at this time.\u00a0 The governor praised the multiple police agencies involved in the ongoing standoff. He warned people in the vicinity to stay in their homes.<\/p>\n
Update, 3:40pm: Here’s a link to a photo of the suspect<\/a>, Kurt Meyers, provided by state police.<\/p>\n Update, 2:54pm: State police and Gov. Cuomo are expected to speak presently. Watch here: (live video has ended)<\/p>\n Update, 2:40pm: WIBX reporter on the scene in Herkimer says he was moved by police “because he was in the line of fire”. Then the reporter said he saw bullet holes in two nearby cars, presumably caused by shots fired from a building the police have surrounded.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, our friends at WRVO have posted a site where you can watch the press conference of Gov. Cuomo and state police when it happens. That site is here.<\/a><\/p>\n Update, 2:30pm: WIBX reporting live that they are hearing more gunshots right now at a stand-off with police in downtown Herkimer. According to the reporter, police were communicating with the suspect through a bullhorn.<\/p>\n Update, 1:30pm: Governor Cuomo and state police will give a press conference in half an hour. Meanwhile, local media are reporting gunshots in Herkimer:News Radio 950 WIBX<\/strong>@WIBXnews<\/a> tweets: “Snipers remain on top of the Herkimer Evening telegram building. 5-6 gunshots in the last minute and a half\u00a0#herkimercoshootings<\/a>“. WIBX reporting from the scene live.<\/p>\n Update, 12:36pm: The Utica Observer-Dispatch<\/a> and WKTV<\/a> are reporting Mohawk police chief has identified the suspected shooter as 64 year-old Kurt Meyers. Police say he is armed and dangerous and has yet to be apprehended.<\/p>\n According to the Governor’s office, Andrew Cuomo is on his way to Herkimer.<\/p>\n Update, 11:52 The Utica Observer-Dispatch tweets that police “may have located the shooter who killed 4 and injured 2 in Herkimer, Mohawk. SWAT and helicopter converging on Herkimer jewelry store.” (@UticaOD). They’ve updated that story here<\/a>, here’s what they’re saying (as of 11:38)<\/p>\n Police may have located the shooter responsible for killing four people and injuring two others in Herkimer and Mohawk today.<\/p>\n Swat teams and a police helicopter have converged on Freddy’s Jewelers, located next to Glory Days, on Main Street in Herkimer. It appears police believe the suspect may be in the building.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Meanwhile, WKTV reports the following<\/a>:<\/p>\n Initial reports stated a suspect fled the shooting scenes in a red jeep with a black top. According to radio transmissions, the vehicle was located shortly after 10 a.m. in Herkimer, but the suspect, said to be in possession of a long gun, was still on the loose.<\/p>\n Shortly before 11 a.m., eyewitnesses said there was a large police presence at an apartment on North Main Street in Herkimer, with guns drawn.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Initial reports had the suspect fleeing the shooting scene in a red jeep with a black top.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Gaffy’s Car Wash, on Mohawk St. in Herkimer, was the scene of one of the shooting incidents. Photo: Google Street View.<\/p><\/div>\n Shootings in the Herkimer County town of Herkimer (and across town lines in Mohawk) has left four people dead and at least two injured this morning. The Utica Observer-Dispatch<\/a> offers a good account of the shootings.<\/p>\n Firefighters also battled a possibly-related structure fire at a building in Mohawk, that reports indicated was where the suspect lived. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but police were seen removing a dozen long guns (the suspect used a long gun in the shooting) from the building just before 11:00 am.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2013\/03\/gaffeyscahwash.jpg\" "\\"gaffeyscahwash\\"")
<\/a>