NYC skyscraper shooter's ‘suicide note' blamed NFL for brain disease
The skyscraper was closed to workers on Tuesday, as were some neighbouring buildings, though much of Park Avenue hummed as usual. The Park Avenue shooting comes after last year's murder of a UnitedHealth executive outside a hotel located a few blocks away. Prosecutors said the man charged with that murder targeted his victim as a symbol of corporate greed.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wrote in a staff memo that New York-based league employees should plan to work remotely through until at least the end of next week. An NFL spokesperson did not respond to queries about the shooter's reported motives.
Tamura appeared to have driven to Manhattan from Las Vegas over three days and to have acted alone, Tisch told reporters on Monday night.
In her video message on Tuesday, the commissioner said NYPD detectives would be questioning an unnamed "associate" of Tamura who she said had purchased a component of the "AR-15-style assault rifle" he assembled for the killing spree.
"This is part of a larger effort to trace Mr Tamura's steps from Las Vegas to New York City," Tisch said.
Security video circulated by police showed a man walking from a double-parked car into the Park Avenue tower carrying what police identified as an M4 Carbine, a large semi-automatic rifle popular with civilian US gun enthusiasts that is modeled on a fully automatic rifle used by the US military. In Nevada, unlike New York, no permit is needed to buy a rifle or carry it openly in public. The security camera system flagged the gunman as a potential threat requiring immediate attention as he walked toward the building and seconds before he burst into the building's lobby, according to two former federal officials familiar with the systems.
A widely circulated photo showed the Nevada permit issued to Tamura allowing him to legally carry a concealed handgun. He had recently worked as an overnight security guard at the Horseshoe Las Vegas hotel-casino, Tisch said.
On two occasions, in 2022 and 2024, records show law enforcement officials detained Tamura for up to 72-hours under a "mental health crisis hold", which requires the detainee to be evaluated at a hospital, ABC News reported.
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