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What we know
- A man with a rifle entered a high-rise midtown Manhattan building and opened fire, killing a police officer and three civilians.
- The gunman acted alone, sources said. He was identified as Shane Devon Tamura, 27, from Las Vegas. Tamura is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- A motive has not been determined.
- The building at 345 Park Ave. houses several major businesses, including Blackstone, KPMG and the NFL.
NFL employee seriously injured in attack, Roger Goodell says
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said an NFL employee was seriously hurt in the violence at 345 Park Ave.
"As has been widely reported, a gunman committed an unspeakable act of violence in our building at 345 Park Avenue. One of our employees was seriously injured in this attack. He is currently in the hospital and in stable condition," Goodell said in a message to employees.
The commissioner added that NFL staff were at the hospital and supporting the employee's family.
"We believe that all of our employees are otherwise safe and accounted for, and the building has nearly been cleared," Goodell wrote.
"We are deeply grateful to the law enforcement officers who responded to this threat quickly and decisively and to Officer Islam, who gave his life to protect others," he added.
LAPD probing reports of possible connection between shooter, department
The Los Angeles Police Department is looking into whether the Midtown Manhattan shooter, identified by New York City authorities as 27-year-old Shane Tamura, had any connections to the agency.
An LAPD spokesperson said online rumors and media inquiries suggesting such a connection have prompted it to probe whether one exists.
"We take these matters seriously and are actively investigating the information," the spokesperson said. "At this time, we are working to confirm details and gather the facts."
Tamura played football at Granada Hills Charter School in the city of L.A. in 2015 during his senior year, after transferring from a school in Santa Clarita, a city at the north end of Los Angeles County, a classmate said.
Additional information will be provided Tuesday, the LAPD spokesperson said.
NYPD officers seen carrying injured person out of Park Avenue building
A witness video captured New York City officers carrying one of the people wounded out of the Park Avenue building where a gunman had opened fire.
Suspect's former classmate: 'The sky was the limit, and then it wasn't'
A former high school classmate of Shane Tamura, the suspected gunman in today's midtown Manhattan shooting, said he was filled with promise as an athlete 10 years ago but didn't seem to fulfill expectations in later years.
Caleb Clarke said Tamura transferred from a school in Santa Clarita, California, in northern Los Angeles County, to Granada Hills Charter School in the city of Los Angeles, right before their senior year in 2015 during a hailed run as a fellow football player.
“He was the biggest goofball in the world, just a ton of energy, class clown," Clarke said tonight. "Just one of those guys, he’s got so much going for him. Just figure out the whole school thing, and he could be somebody great.”
Clarke indicated they lost touch but reconnected through social media recently as Tamura worked at a casino in Las Vegas. He was surprised his classmate was named as the shooter.
“You never would have thought violence was something you’d associate with him," Clarke said. "Everything he said was a joke."
He said, however, that Tamura's fun-loving high school days may have given way to the harsher reality of becoming an adult.
“The only thing I can really think of is there was a point where it looked like the sky was the limit, and then it wasn’t anymore,” he said.
Tamura may have been destined for greatness as an athlete, but greatness never came. Joining the NFL as a pro seemed possible, Clarke said.
“I don’t think he walked around to be like, ‘Oh, I’ll have NFL games one day,'" he said. "I think it was more of everybody just telling him how great he was. He was the fastest kid I’d ever met, full hands-down. And then, after high school, you know, didn’t see from him that much and didn’t hear from him that much, because he wasn’t on the field."
FBI promises ‘full force’ of agency in shooting investigation
The assistant director in charge of the FBI’s New York field office promised the “full force” of the agency in the investigation into today’s shooting.
“You have the full force of FBI New York and full force of FBI to get to the bottom of the answers,” said Chris Raia, the assistant director in charge of the office.
The investigation into the gunman’s motives and the shooting is ongoing. Raia said that “initial checks of our internal systems have not revealed any information about the subject.”
Slain NYPD officer emigrated from Bangladesh, wife is pregnant, mayor says
The NYPD officer killed in today’s shooting was identified as Didarul Islam, who emigrated to the United States from Bangladesh and whose wife is pregnant, officials said.
Islam was 36 years old and had been with the NYPD for 3½ years, Mayor Eric Adams said. He was assigned to the 47th Precinct in the Bronx.
“He was doing what he does best and all members of the police department carry out,” Adams said. “He was saving lives. He was protecting New Yorkers.”
Islam was married and had two young boys, and his wife is pregnant with a third child, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
"He put himself in harm's way. He made the ultimate sacrifice — shot in cold blood, wearing a uniform that stood for the promise that he made to this city," Tisch said, calling him a hero.
Five dead and 1 in critical condition after shooting, mayor says
Five people were killed in the shooting, including the gunman, Mayor Eric Adams said at a news conference.
In addition to the gunman, a police officer and three civilians died, Adams said. Another person was shot and was in critical condition, he added.
An NYPD spokesperson had told NBC News that six people died.
Mayor Eric Adams described the shooting as a “violent, despicable attack."
Shooter drove across the country, had mental health issues, NYPD commissioner says
The shooter drove across the country in recent days, arriving in New York City today, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch at a news conference tonight.
Investigators tracked Shane Tamura's BMW across the country starting Saturday, with points crossed in Nebraska, Iowa and New Jersey, she said, until it arrived in New York today. He double-parked near the high-rise that was the location of today's violence and walked in, she said.
In the car. investigators found prescription medicine along with a rifle case, magazines with ammunition and a loaded revolver, she said.
Tamura has a "documented" history of mental health issues, Tisch said. "Our partners in Las Vegas made us aware of a mental health history," she said.
It's not clear why he went to the high-rise and then went up to the 33rd-floor office of the real estate management firm Rudin Management, Tisch said.
"We are working to understand why he targeted this particular location," she said.
Gunman had M4 rifle, immediately shot police officer in lobby, police commissioner says
Security video shows the gunman in tonight's shooting got out of a double-parked car with an M4 rifle and entered the building’s lobby, where he “immediately open fire” on an NYPD officer, who was killed, the police commissioner said.
“He then shoots a woman who took cover behind a pillar and proceeds through the lobby, spraying it with gunfire,” Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference.
The gunman shot a security guard at the elevator bank as the guard was taking cover behind a security desk, Tisch said.
The shooter called the elevator to the lobby, a woman got out and the gunman allowed her to exit unharmed, Tisch said.
The shooter went up to the 33rd floor and “begins to walk the floor, firing rounds as he traveled,” Tisch said. One person was shot and killed on that floor, she said.
“He then proceeds down a hallway and shoots himself in the chest,” she said.
Company in building where shooting took place says thoughts are with victims
One of the companies in the Manhattan building where the shooter opened fire said its “hearts go out to the victims of this horrific act and their families.”
“We are incredibly grateful for the bravery of building security and law enforcement,” KPMG US said in a statement.
There are multiple businesses in the building, and authorities have not said which, if any, were targeted in the shooting.
