‘Suicide note' reveals potential ‘head injury' motive for NY shooting after gunman kills 4 in building containing NFL HQ
Shane Tamura was found by cops having
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Shane Tamura reportedly wrote a note saying he was battling a brain condition caused by playing American football
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Officials named Tamura of Las Vegas as the shooter
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Office workers fled the shooting with their hands raised
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Cops are now desperately trying to piece together why he carried out the sick shooting on 345 Park Avenue but believe they might have an answer, the
A three-page note was found on Tamura's body that horrifically presented a health battle caused by American football as his excuse.
'You can't go against the NFL, they'll squash you.
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'Study my brain please I'm sorry Tell Rick I'm sorry for everything."
Tamura wrote that he suffered from the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
CTE is linked to repeated head trauma and is only diagnosed through an autopsy of the brain.
CTE has been a major issue for the NFL with a number of former players with the disease committing atrocious acts of violence.
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Terry Long, a former football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, died by suicide after drinking antifreeze in 2005.
Another horror case of CTE-violence was when former NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez was convicted of murdering Odin Lloyd in 2013.
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Former San Francisco 49ers cornerback Phillip Adams was also diagnosed with a CTE after he killed six people and then himself in an April 2021 shooting spree.
Tamura had played football at high school in California where he was said to be a standout player.
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But former classmate Caleb Clarke told NBC that Tamura hadn't lived up to the promise he had shown.
He said about his former classmate: '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."
What is CTE?
CHRONIC Traumatic Encephalopathy is known as a brain condition that is often linked to repeated head trauma.
The condition is diagnosed after death and is commonly found in pro-sports players due to concussions.
Some symptoms of CTE include memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and progressive dementia.
These signs can begin to appear after years or even decades after the last brain trauma.
A CTE scan is used to diagnose the brain disease after someone has passed away as there is no test to run while someone is alive.
Doctors often slice brain tissue and use special chemicals to make the abnormal tau protein visible to examine for patterns related to CTE.
The NFL occupies floors five to eight in the building - raising the possibility that he was targeting the sports organisation in the horror attack.
But, Tamura shot and killed three in the lobby and then rode the lift to the 33rd floor offices of the company that owned the building, Rudin Management.
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The shooter got into an elevator after he spared a woman who had been inside the lift set to go up to the 33rd floor, according to CNN.
Tisch said there were no indication that Tamura had prior connections to the real estate industry.
Tamura had a history of serious mental health issues, according to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
Initial checks on the FBI's internal system found no information about Tamura, the New York Times reported, suggesting he doesn't have a previous criminal record.
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Tamura was from Las Vegas
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Cops are now investigating the motive behind Tamura's shooting
The shooting happened in the same area of the city as where the United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said an NFL employee was seriously hurt in the violence.
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Goodell said: "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."
Other notable CTE-related deaths include the
NHL's
Todd Ewen who died by suicide in 2019 and the NFL's Ken Stabler who passed away in 2015 and was later diagnosed with a high Stage 3 CTE.
Workers desperately ran for their lives in suits while those trapped in
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One off-duty NYPD cop and three civilians have tragically been killed in the shooting while a fifth person was wounded.
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is reporting that a Blackstone chief was among those killed.
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Blackstone workers barricaded the door to their office with furniture
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The suspected shooter is seen entering the Manhattan building with a rifle
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CCTV caught him exiting a double-parked BMW with an M4 rifle and walking across a public plaza into the 44-story building.
The crazed gunman - clad in a bulletproof vest and with a silencer on his weapon - then sprayed the lobby with gunfire and killed the off-duty officer working a corporate security detail.
The NYPD named the off-duty officer killed as Didarul Islam and paid tribute to the man who "represented the very best of our department".
The department said: "He was protecting New Yorkers from danger when his life was tragically cut short today.
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"We join in prayer during this time of incomprehensible pain. We will forever honour his legacy."
Tisch said of Islam - an immigrant from Bangladesh - that he "died as he lived. A hero."
"He was doing the job that we asked him to do. He put himself in harms way. He made the ultimate sacrifice."
Timeline of NYC shooting
A gunman stormed 345 Park Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan, on Monday night killing four before turning the gun on himself.
Cops are now investigating why the suspect Shane Tamura carried out the brutal attack and have released a preliminary timeline and are tracing back through his movements.
July 26
- Tamura drives through Colorado in his black BMW
July 27
- Tamura drives through Nebraska and Iowa. He also doesn't show up for work as a security guard at a Las Vegas casino
July 28, 6.28pm
- Reports of the shooting are first made to NYPD. Tamura had moments earlier double parked his car and walked across a plaza into 345 Park Avenue
Once inside, Tamura shoots off-duty officer Didarul Islam working as security dead
He guns down a woman cowering behind a pillar as he sprays the lobby with bullets
Tamura walks towards the elevators where he shoots dead a security guard crouching at his desk
Gunman spares woman's life after she walks out of elevator in front of him
He travels up to the 33rd floor to Rudin Properties' office and fires as he walks the floor killing one
Tamura shoots himself in his chest ending his life and ending the rampage
7.52pm
- NYC Police Commissioner Tisch posted on X
: 'the scene has been contained and the lone shooter has been neutralized.'
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