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Michael Rothstein
LAS VEGAS — An legal professional for the person who offered a rifle used within the Monday mass capturing in New York Metropolis stated Thursday that the sale of the firearm to the gunman was completed in compliance with state and federal legislation.
Shane Tamura, 27, killed 4 folks in a Park Avenue workplace constructing earlier than killing himself. Investigators consider Tamura, a Las Vegas on line casino employee, was attempting to succeed in the NFL places of work within the constructing however, after capturing a number of folks within the foyer, entered the fallacious set of elevator banks.
Authorities have stated Tamura purchased the AR-15-style rifle used within the assault and the automotive he drove throughout the nation from his supervisor on the on line casino. New York police have stated the supervisor was cooperating with investigators.
In a press release to ESPN, Las Vegas legal professional Chris Rasmussen stated Thursday: “Rick Ackley administered the switch of the firearm used within the tragedy in New York lawfully complying with Nevada and Federal gun legal guidelines on October 2, 2024.” In a press release to the Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal, Rasmussen stated Ackley “legally offered a firearm to the suspect within the New York capturing and isn’t a suspect or thought-about to have any nefarious involvement.” Rasmussen added that Ackley was “heartbroken by this tragedy and can transfer ahead together with his life and asks for privateness on this troublesome second.”
Ackley didn’t reply to ESPN messages Thursday.
A LinkedIn web page exhibits Ackley as a “Surveillance Supervisor at Bally’s On line casino,” which is now Horseshoe Las Vegas, and that he has labored in surveillance for greater than 20 years.
Tamura, who performed highschool soccer in California roughly a decade in the past however was by no means within the NFL, had a historical past of psychological sickness, police stated. A word present in his pockets advised he had a grievance in opposition to the NFL over a declare that he suffered from persistent traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE — a degenerative mind illness that may be recognized solely by analyzing the mind after an individual dies. Mind specialists have informed ESPN that it might take weeks to be taught whether or not Tamura had CTE.
