At least five people, including a police officer and a suspected gunman, were dead following a shooting at a skyscraper in central Manhattan in New York on Monday.

Four people, including an NYPD officer, were killed after a gunman opened fire inside a midtown Manhattan office building on Monday evening (local time).

The accused, Farooq Aslam Khan (46), a resident of Mira Road East, reportedly entered the store without authorisation on June 13.