Police are responding to a report of gunfire a few blocks from the World Trade Centre site and memorial.
The New York Police Department posted on its Twitter feed that one person was in custody today.
A large number of police vehicles could be seen in Manhattan near West Street and Chambers Street, which is near a community college and a high school and a few blocks north of the National September 11 Memorial.
It's unclear if anyone was injured.
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