New York shooting: Gunman who killed four was targeting NFL office, says city's mayor
The suspected gunman has been identified as Shane Devon Tamura, 27, of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Police have confirmed that Tamura had a history of mental illness and acted alone. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot.
In a note found at the scene Tamura claimed he was suffering from a degenerative brain disease, known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). He appeared to blame his condition on the NFL, although he had never played for the league.
CTE is often linked to concussions and other repeated head trauma, common in contact sports such as American football. Tamura had previously played the sport in school.
Amongst those killed was police officer Didarul Islam, who had been working for the New York Police Department for 3 and a half years.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a briefing that Islam was married with two young boys, and his wife is pregnant with their third child.
The names of the other victims are being withheld until their families are notified.
The shooting happened at 345 Park Avenue, a 634-foot skyscraper that includes offices for the National Football League (NFL), KPMG and Blackstone.
Commissioner Tisch said in the news briefing that surveillance footage shows Tamura exiting a black BMW before walking towards the building while carrying an M4 rifle.
Police said the gunman's vehicle travelled through Colorado on July 26, then Nebraska and Iowa on July 27. It arrived in New Jersey on Monday afternoon, before making it to New York City on the afternoon of the shooting.
The Fire Department of New York said emergency crews were called to the Park Avenue office building around 6.30pm after a report of someone shot.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed 'there is an active shooter investigation taking place in Midtown right now' in a post on X.
'Please take proper safety precautions if you are in [the] vicinity and do not go outside if you are near Park Avenue and East 51st Street,' he wrote.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Guardian
2 hours ago
- The Guardian
Why is Trump deploying troops to Washington DC?
In a dangerous new escalation of his authoritarian rule, Donald Trump has placed the police of Washington DC under federal control and announced that he will deploy the national guard to the country's capital. According to the president, crime in the city is 'out of control' – no matter that crime numbers are down significantly, including for violent crimes. But, of course, this power grab is not really about facts, it is about distraction and perception, and a chance to reconnect and refocus his base. Like all the other outrageous things Trump has been doing in the last weeks, the DC takeover is, first and foremost, an attempt to deflect from the Jeffrey Epstein case. As previously demonstrated by his demand to rename the NFL team to the (racist) Washington Redskins, his attacks on the Wall Street Journal, or his calls to prosecute former president Barack Obama ('Barack Hussein Obama. Have you heard of him?') that he will do anything to get the Epstein case out of the political and public debate. But it is not just a deflection, it is also an attempt to bring the attention of his base back to the core of their bond with Trump, namely authoritarianism and nativism (which are, as always with the far right, closely connected). There is a clear pattern in the cities Trump links to disorder and violence. Cities like Baltimore, DC and Oakland are broadly identified as Black cities in the US, while cities like Los Angeles (Hispanic) and New York (the quintessential melting pot) are also often excluded from the 'real' America in rightwing narratives. Of course, in the racist mind, Black and multiracial is connected to crime, danger, disorder – as are 'the city' and 'urban' centers (both deeply racialized concepts in the US). This racist fear and rejection of the multiracial city has a very long history in the country, but also for Trump himself too. Just remember his response to the infamous Central Park Five, a multiracial group of teenagers accused of raping a white female jogger in 1989. Before the facts were known, Trump published an open letter in four local newspapers, in which he described New York City as a city out of control, called for the teenage boys to be 'executed', and demanded that the city's leaders 'Bring back the death penalty. Bring back our police.' Attacks on multiracial cities were also a major part of his deeply racist 2024 campaign. For example, he claimed that Philadelphia was 'ravaged by bloodshed', and compared Detroit to a developing country. Trump's aversion for multiracial cities was undoubtedly strengthened by the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, which were successfully 'vilified' in the rightwing media – today, only 22% of Republicans support the BLM movement, compared to 84% of Democrats. Moreover, multiracial cities vote disproportionately for the Democrats, which is another sore point. And it is another crucial aspect of Trump's authoritarian power grab. By targeting multiracial cities like DC and Los Angeles, Trump not only plays into the widespread racist association of these cities with crime and violence, but he also strengthens the belief that these 'Democrat-run cities' are 'out of control'. The message to his base is clear: Democratic rule in the (Black) cities is 'weak' and endangers the (white) 'Heartland' – all, of course, ultimately linked to the alleged 'open border' policies of former president Joe Biden. Finally, the power grab is part of a broader agenda to create a deeply authoritarian and personalized state, in which the monopoly of violence rests exclusively in the hands of Trump. If implemented, the new budget will transform the US into a deportation state, centered around the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), which is increasingly operating as a presidential militia that is not just above the law but also above other law enforcement and even military agencies. It is crucial that liberal democratic actors take this authoritarian power grab seriously – without letting it distract them, or the wider public, from the Epstein case. As long as the courts still work, at least to some extent, the Trump administration should be challenged in court – despite initial setbacks, the court case over Trump's power grab in California remains open. Media have a responsibility to inform the public of the real facts, including real-time factchecking of Trump speeches. But, most importantly, media and politics must stop treating the various actions as 'incidents' and connect the dots – for themselves and for the broader public. While each individual action might not be anti-democratic, they are all connected and together constitute a clear and consistent attack on democracy. And while all the institutions still stand, they represent less and less the liberal democratic values they were founded on. Cas Mudde is the Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF professor of international affairs at the University of Georgia, and author of The Far Right Today
Daily Mail
2 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Erin Andrews wipes away tears as her dad details her 'devastating' stalker hell and secret cancer battle
Erin Andrews was left in tears while listening to her father detail her battles with stalkers, cancer and infertility on a heart-wrenching TV appearance on Wednesday. The NFL sideline reporter and podcast host appeared on TODAY alongside her father Steve, and could not hold back her emotion as he opened up on her strength and resilience to overcome a series of huge traumas in her life. In a rare display of emotion, the 47-year-old dabbed her eyes and wiped away tears while watching a pre-recorded interview with her father, before the pair shared an emotional moment together in the studio. Steve was asked initially about the 2008 'stalking incident', in which Michael Davis Barrett was jailed for recording a nude video of Erin at a hotel in Nashville from the room next door. A second similar incident occurred at a hotel in Columbus, Ohio, a year later, and the videos were published online in 2009. In the aftermath, Barrett was jailed for two-and-a-half years and Andrews won a $55million lawsuit against him and the hotel chain Marriott. 'Her sister called me a day or two after it happened, and she's (saying), "Is she OK? Is she safe, Dad?"', Steve explained on TODAY. 'And I said, "I don't know. I really don't know".' Andrews was overcome with emotion watching her dad's pre-recorded segment on the show He went on to explain that he volunteered to travel the country with her to keep her safe as she continued her work on the NFL, noting: 'You know, I'll be with you 24/7, whatever you want.' A few years later, in 2016, Andrews was handed another huge curveball when she was diagnosed with cancer - something she kept private for a year. 'It's scary to hear your child on the phone calling you and saying, "I have cancer",' Steve told the program. 'I wanted to cry. I was brokenhearted. 'Erin is such a fighter. In broadcasting, when you get knocked down, you gotta be able to get back up. And Erin has experienced these physical, traumatic incidents. 'You would think for the average person, bam, on your back, you're done. And she just used that as motivation to say that this is not going to beat me. And honestly, I don't know that I have it in me to do what she did. She's just so strong, so amazing.' In the years since, Steve has become a grandfather to Mack, Erin's young son who was born via a surrogate in June 2023. The birth of her son was the result of a nine-year journey with in-vitro fertilization with husband Jarret Stoll, and she has remained at the top of her game as one of the faces of the NFL. Once the cameras returned to the studio on Wednesday, host Bush Hager revealed 'we are all in tears', and Erin was given a chance to praise her father. 'He's amazing,' she explained. 'My mom, my sister, all amazing, as welI. I mean, it's funny, you said you don't know if you could do that. 'I feel like - and we've talked about this - when you are faced with certain things, you jut have to put on the persona [of] ok, I've got it, I'll handle it. But then you can fall apart when you're off-camera, and my family has allowed me to do that.'
Daily Mail
4 hours ago
- Daily Mail
NFL great Aaron Donald's terrifying ordeal with alleged stalker revealed in newly surfaced court documents
Details of Super Bowl winner Aaron Donald's frightening ordeal with an alleged stalker have been revealed in newly surfaced court files from Los Angeles County, where the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year admittedly feared for his family's safety and his own. Donald, a married father of three who was regarded as one of the toughest players in the NFL before retiring in 2024, filed the restraining order against his alleged stalker in April after what's described in the court filings as years of unwanted harassment by the woman, whom he claims to have never met. The woman, Janelle Anwar, is accused of sending threatening and harassing emails to the Donald family, according to court files obtained by Daily Mail. The Athletic first reported details of the temporary restraining order request. Anwar is further accused of sending packages and balloons to Donald's children, and travelled to Pittsburgh where he was holding a football camp, as she confirmed to Daily Mail on Wednesday. Although Donald claims he's never met Anwar, she nonetheless filed a pair of divorce petitions against him seeking millions of dollars. Donald also received Google Chat messages from his alleged stalker that he took as a threat against his 3-year-old son, according to the temporary restraining order request. 'So make sure you pay for (him) to live … Cause that's what it will be … You will have to pay for his life now and everyone will get a cut,' the court papers claim that she wrote online. Speaking to Daily Mail on Wednesday, Anwar denied ever stalking Donald, explaining that the two met over social media in 2023 – three years after the court papers allege the harassment supposedly began. She alleged that Donald and his wife are not really married and that the wife of Rams coach Sean McVay is secretly missing - claims she also made to Donald's attorney, Peter Lauzon, according to the TRO request. McVay's wife, Veronika, is not missing, Lauzon mentioned in the filing. 'Ms. Anwar spoke in a very erratic and confused manner and claimed that Petitioner's current wife and Petitioner were not married,' Lauzon wrote in the filing. 'Ms. Anwar further stated that Petitioner's children have gone missing and that Petitioner should "be careful" and "to watch out." 'Ms. Anwar repeatedly asked me whether or not I had recently seen Sean McVay's wife as she has been missing for months,' Lauzon wrote. 'I know this not to be true.' The Athletic spoke with several professionals about the dangers celebrities face from stalkers. 'One of the things that a lot of stalking survivors talk about, famous or otherwise, is the constant state of worry they had about what the person may or may not do, where they may or may not show up,' Carlos Cuevas, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Northeastern University, told The Athletic. 'The unpredictability is a big concern and … the content of what they're saying. Some of it might be just more uncomfortable and some of it can be straight-up scary.' A 2022 report to congress by the attorney general found that fewer than a third of all stalking victims reach out to authorities, fearing that such efforts could make the situation worse. 'Stalking is challenging to police effectively as it is a pattern-based, rather than an incident-based crime,' the report said. 'Responding to stalking cases often necessitates specialized knowledge and is a significant investigative effort.' Donald, a Super Bowl champion, left many NFL observers surprised when he retired from football last year at the age of 33. 'I'm burnt out. The best way to say it is I'm full, I'm complete. I'm satisfied with what I was able to do in 10 years,' he said. 'I think the passion to play the game is no longer there for me.' The defensive tackled was widely regarded as one of the very best to ever play in his position and since calling it a day, has frequently been asked to reconsider. Just last week, he joked he would return for the Rams if they traded for Micah Parsons of the Dallas Cowboys, who demaded a trade due to his ongoing contract standoff with the organization.
