BMW-driving NYC shooter Shane Tamura lived in upscale gated community with parents
Authorities named Nevada man Shane Tamura, 27, as the shooter who opened fire at 345 Park Avenue in New York City on Monday night.
He killed four people including an off-duty police officer before turning the gun on himself on the skyscraper's 33rd floor.
At a press conference after the tragedy, cops said that Tamura drove his BMW from the gated community where he lived with his parents in Desert Shores, Nevada into Manhattan on Monday afternoon.
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that Tamura had a 'documented history of mental illness', however little else is known about the killer beyond his past football playing career.
Investigators said that it is possible he was targeting the National Football League, which is located at 345 Park Avenue.
He was found with a letter on his body indicating he had grievances with the NFL and its handling of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after the rampage.
In the note he railed against the NFL and pleaded for his brain to be studied.
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