What we know about the Manhattan shooting
- FIVE TOTAL DEAD: A New York City police officer and three civilians were killed by a gunman who opened fire last night inside 345 Park Ave., a high-rise corporate building in midtown Manhattan. The suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.
- SUSPECT: Police have identified Shane Devon Tamura, 27, of Las Vegas, as the gunman. Officials say he acted alone and "has a documented mental health history."
- VICTIMS: Four people — an off-duty New York City police officer, an executive at the investment management company Blackstone, an employee of the real estate firm Rudin Management and a security guard — were killed.
- MOTIVE: Tamura’s motive has not been disclosed. Two officials familiar with the matter told NBC News, however, that he left a note in which he wondered whether CTE, a brain disease caused by head trauma, was a possible cause of his mental illness. The NFL is in 345 Park Ave., and Mayor Eric Adams said the gunman was trying to get to the league's headquarters.
CTE expert named in gunman’s note says she would be interested in studying his brain
Dr. Ann McKee, director of the Unite Brain Bank at Boston University, which studies traumatic brain injury and CTE, said authorities have not contacted her after reports emerged that she was named in the note found on the shooter.
"I’ve never met or I don’t know the individual, so I’m really not sure why my name was there," she told NBC News' Tom Llamas.
In the note, the gunman suggested he had the brain disease CTE and blamed it for his mental illness.
McKee did say she would be interested in studying the gunman’s brain.
“I’d be very interested in looking at anyone’s brain for CTE, and with every brain you know, our research gets closer to finding out how to diagnose it during life and treat it."
Wounded NFL employee is surrounded by family, Goodell says
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a message to staff members that a league employee wounded in yesterday's shooting is surrounded by his family.
"Our hearts go out to all of the victims and their families, and we are deeply grateful for the first responders and medical staff who acted so quickly and continue to provide care," Goodell wrote.
"Our thoughts and prayers remain especially with our colleague who was impacted. He is currently surrounded by his family and members of the NFL community, and we are all continuing to hope for and support his full recovery," he said.
Security feature at 345 Park Ave. could have stopped elevator, mayor says
The Rudin Management-owned building had security features that could have locked the elevators — but the security guard who could have activated it was killed, Mayor Eric Adams said.
“Our partners, such as the building 345 Park Ave., Rudin Management, they implemented so many safeguards, and even to the point that they could have stopped the elevator from moving in any direction or bringing it back to the floor,” Adams said on MSNBC's “Morning Joe.”
“But the security guard that was in charge of that operation was killed at the desk. As he attempted to flee, the suspect — he was killed at the desk, and that took away that operation,” the mayor said.
Adams said that there were “safe rooms” in the building, including bathrooms with bulletproof doors, and that several people are believed to have locked themselves in them during the shooting.
NFL coaches, players remark on sadness surrounding league
Coaches and players around the NFL expressed their sadness and condolences today after a gunman killed four people at the building that houses the league’s New York City office.
New York Mayor Eric Adams said the gunman was trying to reach the league’s part of the building but took the wrong elevator. An NFL employee was among those wounded, Commissioner Roger Goodell said.
Multiple coaches, including Aaron Glenn of the New York Jets and Brian Daboll of the New York Giants, opened their news conferences by referring to the shooting. Glenn said he wished it were a better morning, and Daboll said it was a tragic event at 345 Park Ave.
Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid said his and his staff’s thoughts go out to “the people at the league office that had to go through all that.”
“It’s a bad deal,” he said. “We’ve got to try to keep peace somewhere here. There’s too much of this.”
Fund to provide officer's widow $50K and annual $11K stipend
The New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund is providing the widow of Officer Didarul Islam with $50,000, as well as an annual stipend of $11,000 for life, it said.
“We will never forget Officer Islam’s selfless sacrifice and we pledge our support to his beloved family,” the charitable organization said in a statement.
Julia Hyman one of victims killed in shooting
Three sources familiar with the matter confirmed today that Julia Hyman was one of the four victims killed in the shooting.
Her former school, Riverdale School in the Bronx, said Hyman, a 2020 Cornell graduate, was an associate at Rudin Management.
Rudin Management, the real estate company that owns and is headquartered at 345 Park Ave., confirmed that one of its employees was killed but did not name her.
“The Rudin family and everyone at our company are devastated by yesterday’s senseless tragedy,” the company said in a statement today. “Our thoughts and prayers are with those injured and lost last night, including our cherished Rudin colleague, a brave New York City police officer, a beloved lobby security guard and an employee at a tenant firm.”
Blackstone's offices at 345 Park Ave. to remain closed this week
Blackstone's offices at 345 Park Ave. will remain closed to employees through the end of the week, a person familiar with the matter said.
The investment firm has also offered the option of remote work to employees based in its offices in other locations around the world.
One of Blackstone's highest-ranking female executives, Wesley LePatner, was killed in the shooting last night.
Gunman appeared to target NFL but took wrong elevator, mayor says
The gunman appeared to target the NFL offices but took the wrong elevator bank, Mayor Eric Adams said in a TV interview today.
The gunman had a note that “stated he had CTE,” or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a condition that can affect football players who have had concussions, Adams said.
“He seemed to have blamed the NFL. The NFL headquarters was located in the building. And he mistakenly went up the wrong elevator banks,” Adams said in an interview with WPIX-TV.
“As you know, in many of our corporate buildings, based on the floors you want to get to, you have to go to certain elevator banks,” Adams said.
“And he went on the wrong elevator bank, which took him to Rudin Management. And that is where he carried out an additional part of his horrific shootings,” Adams said.
Adams also made similar comments on “CBS Mornings.”
The gunman took the elevator to the 33rd floor, police have said. The NFL's registered address at the building is on the fifth floor.
The suspect played football in high school but never beyond that.
Note discovered at Tamura's Las Vegas home
Investigators searching Tamura's Las Vegas home have found a second note, similar in tone to the one discovered in New York City, according to two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter.
Officials have said the note found on Tamura mentioned CTE, a brain condition caused by repeated injuries to the head.
NYPD sending detectives to Nevada to trace Tamura’s steps
New York police detectives are headed to Nevada to investigate the suspected gunman's steps before last night's deadly shooting.
Tamura, 27, lived in Las Vegas.
Two groups of detectives were heading to Las Vegas today to conduct interviews and execute a search warrant at Tamura’s home, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
They will also visit a gun store where Tamura legally bought a revolver on June 12 that was found in his car after the attack. Tamura used a Nevada concealed-carry permit in the purchase, she said.
In New York, investigators are executing search warrants on Tamura’s car and two cellphones left at the scene, Tisch said.
“This information will give us a detailed picture of how and why this happened,” she said.
