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ago. the latest information we have from the nypd is that four people have been shot, and at least one is dead, and that person who is dead, we re told, is the suspect. the gunman here. other details are still coming in, but just to set the scene, the nypd has now shut down the very busy 5th avenue, if you ve ever been to new york city, you know how devastating that is for the city. from 42nd all the way down into the 30s. so we re talking about a mile stretch or a half-mile stretch of 5th avenue. police are investigating the scene. there are witnesses who have been pushed back. and witnesses are reporting that the shooting happened basically out of nowhere. police are still trying to figure out what this person s motive was. but once again, to repeat, four people shot according to the nypd. at least one of them dead. and again, that number could rise. depending on the conditions. and that person who was killed is the gunman, we re told. and jeff, let me add a little ....
captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m savannah guthrie. breaking news this morning. fair to stay it s a stunner in the sports world. lance armstrong to be stripped of every one of his seven tour de france titles. while he s dropping his challenges to those charges, he s strongly insisting today he is innocent. in a powerfully worded statement armstrong says enough is enough and he refuses to participate in a process that, in his words, is unsided and unfair. we re going to get right to this story now. nbc s anne thompson joins us with details. good morning to you. reporter: good morning. what s really stunning about this, lance armstrong is a fighter, the tour de france and testicular cancer. now, while he s decided he s no longer going to fight these charges, he s also not admitted to doping and he refuses to participate in a process that he says in unfair. never a quittere lanc ....