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'Law & Order: SVU' Filming Brings Sniper and Simulated Gunfire Downtown

April 9, 2013 8:42pm | Updated April 9, 2013 8:42pm
"Law & Order: SVU" is filming near City Hall April 10, 2013.
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MANHATTAN — An episode of the television show "Law & Order: SVU" involving a sniper and simulated gunfire is filming Wednesday near City Hall Park, police said.

Filming is scheduled to take place between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Elk Street between Chambers and Reade streets.

The long-running police procedural, set in a fictional version of the NYPD's 16th Precinct, is currently in its 14th season.

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