The gunman who killed an NYPD officer and three different folks in a Midtown workplace constructing on Monday night was carrying a observe that provided clues into his attainable motive, sources advised The Publish.
Shane Tamura, 27, cited the NFL within the writings, which have been discovered after he turned the gun on himself on the thirty third ground of 345 Park Ave. – a swanky 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 persistent traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), regulation enforcement sources mentioned.
Tamura, who fatally shot himself within the chest, additionally requested that his mind be studied within the observe, in response to the sources.
NYC Midtown capturing timeline
- Studies 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 Avenue, 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 lady 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.
- Another man reported being shot and injured within the foyer. He was in crucial however steady situation.
- The gunman allowed a lady 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 situated, “and begins to stroll the ground, firing as he traveled.”
- One man was shot and killed on that ground.
- “He then proceeds down a hallway and shoots himself within 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 flooring 5 by eight 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.
Tamura, who reportedly had a “documented psychological well being historical past,” had shot a fifth sufferer within the foyer of the constructing who survived the assault, police mentioned.
The surviving sufferer seems to an NFL worker, because the league’s commissioner, Roger Goodell, advised staffers in a letter that certainly one of their very own had been “critically injured” within the capturing.
Tamura was a safety guard at a Las Vegas on line casino, however again in his highschool days in California he was a described as a standout soccer participant.
“It regarded just like the sky was the restrict, after which it wasn’t anymore,” former classmate Caleb Clarke advised NBC Information.
Tamura graduated from Golden Valley Excessive in 2016. Forward of his senior yr, his coach advised the Los Angeles Occasions that he anticipated “large issues” from the operating again and different star gamers on the group.