The NYPD has increased security at several sites around New York City, including Trump Tower, following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. News 4’s Myles Miller reports.
A heightened police presence was visible outside Trump Tower in Manhattan Sunday morning following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said "out of an abundance of caution" the NYPD is surging officers to Trump Tower and other sites related to the former president across the five boroughs.
"It's just good to have that extra caution so something else doesn't get triggered to happen like this," said one man outside Trump Tower on Saturday night.
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Local precinct officers and counter-terrorism units were at the residential building along Fifth Avenue.
Concrete barricades and metal barriers are set up on 56th Street.
