The gunman who killed an NYPD officer and three different folks in a Midtown constructing on Monday night was carrying a observe that supplied clues into his attainable motive, sources instructed The Put up.
Shane Tamura, 27, cited the NFL within the purported observe, which was discovered after he turned the gun on himself on the thirty third ground of 345 Park Ave. – a skyscraper that homes the soccer league’s headquarters.
Within the observe, which was a number of pages lengthy, Tamura blamed soccer for his obvious battle with the neurodegenerative illness continual traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), regulation enforcement sources stated.
The shooter, who fatally shot himself within the chest, additionally requested that his mind be studied within the observe, in line with the sources.
NYC Midtown capturing timeline
- Experiences of the capturing at 345 Park Avenue began coming in at round 6:28 p.m.
- The shooter, Shane Tamura, 27, was seen on surveillance footage getting out of a double parked black BMW between 51st and 52nd Road, with an M4 rifle.
- He then walks in the direction of the skyscraper, enters the foyer and turns proper, the place he shot police officer Didarul Islam, 36, useless.
- Tamura then gunned down a girl cowering behind a pillar within the foyer, as he sprayed extra bullets and walked towards the elevator financial institution — the place he shot useless a safety guard crouching at his desk.
- Yet another man reported being shot and injured within the foyer. He was in vital however steady situation.
- The gunman allowed a girl to stroll out of the elevators unhurt, earlier than heading as much as the thirty third ground, the place constructing proprietor Rudin Properties’ workplaces are positioned, “and begins to walk the floor, firing as he traveled.”
- One man was shot and killed on that ground.
- “He then proceeds down a hallway and shoots himself in the chest,” ending his rampage.
- It’s unclear how lengthy the mayhem lasted. Tisch posted on X at 7:52 p.m.: “the scene has been contained and the lone shooter has been neutralized.”
The NFL has workplaces on the fifth ground of the Park Avenue high-rise, although Tamura wound up taking the elevator as much as the thirty third ground, the place he turned the gun on himself after the bloodbath.
