Police respond to shots fired near World Trade Centre site

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.