Gunman 'neutralized' after shooting in Manhattan
A person who opened fire inside a midtown Manhattan skyscraper housing the National Football League headquarters and offices of several major financial institutions, including hedge fund giant Blackstone, has been "neutralized," the New York city police commissioner said.
Police did not immediately make details of the shooting public, but a law enforcement source told Reuters at least one New York Police Department officer and two civilians were struck by gunfire and that the suspect was believed to be dead.
The source said the information was preliminary, and the condition or extent of injuries sustained by the police officer and two others was not immediately known.
The New York Post newspaper, citing unnamed police sources, reported that a gunman wearing a bullet-resistant vest and carrying an AR-style rifle had opened fire inside the Park Avenue skyscraper, wounding a police officer and a bystander. The Post reported they were in critical condition.
The gunman, The Post reported, had barricaded himself inside the office tower, possibly on the 32nd floor of the building.
A short time later, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Disch said on X: "At this time, the scene has been contained and the lone shooter has been neutralized."
The skyscraper at 345 Park Avenue houses a number of financial firms, including Blackstone, the world's largest hedge fund, as well as KPMG and Deutsche Bank, along with the NFL headquarters and the Consulate General of Ireland.
News media footage showed a large police presence in the area around the office tower.
"There is an active shooter investigation taking place in Midtown right now," New York Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement on social media platform X as news of the shooting first surfaced.
The FBI said agents from its New York field office were also responding to provide support at the scene.
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NZ Herald
18 hours ago
- NZ Herald
A police officer and a Blackstone employee were among those killed during a shooting at a New York City high-rise
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New York Mayor Eric Adams praised Islam's service, saying the officer 'embodies what this city is all about'. 'He's a true-blue New Yorker, not only in the uniform he wore, but in spirit and energy of loving this city.' NYPD officers lined the streets of Manhattan to salute the transport vehicle carrying Islam's body. In the Bronx, Islam's death sent ripples through the borough's tight-knit Bangladeshi community – a slice of New York where the officer was often spotted at restaurants on Sterling Ave and walking to the Parkchester Islamic Centre. 'I used to see him a lot on the street,' said 29-year-old Tanjim Talukder. 'We used to walk to mosque together.' The men would talk about politics in Bangladesh, Talukder said. 'He was a friendly guy, humble. I feel so sad.' Abdul Salaman echoed Talukder's grief. Salaman knew Islam in Bangladesh, and the men stayed in touch as both eventually moved to the Bronx. 'We grew up together,' Salaman said. 'He was a very hardworking person.' 'They are very sad, everybody,' Salaman said after leaving the home where the officer lived with his wife and children. A NYPD vehicle sat watch outside. Across the street, at a primary school, a black gate stood decorated with blue and white roses, as well as a banner – emblazoned with a thin blue line American flag – calling Islam a 'loving parent and NYPD hero'. 'Heroes in their quiet grace/ Leave in our world, a brighter trace,' the poem on the banner read. 'Their legacy, a path to follow/In their footsteps, we find tomorrow.' Wesley LePatner, 43 A real estate investment executive with Blackstone since 2014, Wesley LePatner was remembered by friends and colleagues as kind, generous, and well-respected in her field. 'It's hard to put into words what a wonderful, beautiful, sweet, kind, and generous soul Wesley was. We will be there for the family, and we will never forget her,' Benny Rogosnitzky, a friend and congregant at LePatner's synagogue, said in a Facebook post. 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Pastreich in a statement described Etienne as a dedicated employee 'who took his job duties extremely seriously'. Etienne, Pastreich said, was 'a New York hero'. 'We will remember him as such.' Etienne's brother, Gathmand Etienne, wrote in a Facebook post that their family had been left 'shattered' by his killing – and asked for prayers and strength as they navigate the unbearable. 'He was more than a brother – he was a father, a son, and a light in our lives,' Gathmand Etienne wrote. 'Rest in peace, Brother. You'll never be forgotten,' he added. Julia Hyman, age unknown Julia Hyman, who graduated from Cornell University in 2020, was a warm, driven and passionate student, who left a 'lasting impression' on those around her, school officials said. She had just visited the campus this summer for a five-year reunion with her classmates. Hyman worked as an associate at Rudin Management, the company that managed 345 Park Ave. Hyman started her job in November, according to her LinkedIn page. In a statement today, the Rudin family described her as a 'cherished' colleague. Craig Clementi, age unknown Craig Clementi, an NFL employee who works in the league's finance department, was injured in the shooting, a person with knowledge of the situation said. His father-in-law, Robert Hunter, told the New York Daily News that Clementi 'was on his way home when he got shot'. He 'came through the surgery and there was some spinal damage', but he is 'doing well', Hunter said. Clementi is expected by doctors to recover from his injuries, according to a person familiar with the matter.
NZ Herald
21 hours ago
- NZ Herald
Police say suspect drove from Las Vegas for days and ended his rampage in a real estate office
The workplace mass shooting was particularly shocking in the centre of New York City, where such attacks are virtually unheard of. Tisch said that Tamura's car was recorded passing through Colorado on Saturday local time, then Nebraska and Iowa on Sunday, before he arrived in New York City on Monday afternoon local time. He drove to Park Avenue, where he double parked his BMW just outside the skyscraper. He then marched inside with an AR-15-style rifle and began to spray the lobby with gunfire, peeking behind a security desk to shoot one of his victims and firing on another who tried to take cover behind a pillar. He then walked to the lift bank, waited for a lift to take him upstairs, letting a woman exit and walk safely past him before he got on and rode it to the 33rd floor. Once there, he went to the office of Rudin Management, a real estate firm, where he shot someone and then fatally shot himself in the chest. The police department said Tamura was from Las Vegas. Police vehicles blocked the entrances to the gated community where he was believed to have lived, and a street elsewhere in the neighbourhood was closed off with police tape and traffic cones. Public records indicate that Tamura spent at least part of his youth in California. Mason Thomas said he had played high school football with Tamura in Granada Hills, a neighbourhood of Los Angeles. But he said they had lost contact with each other years ago. Nevertheless, he said it was 'mind-blowing' to see an old high school teammate in the news for a fatal shooting spree. He said he remembered Tamura as a standout running back who was funny, popular, and agreeable. 'There was nothing from the little I knew about him that would have indicated anything like this,' Thomas said. 'At practice, there were never any issues I can remember. He never had issues with anybody.' In Santa Clarita, a city north of Los Angeles, Debi Hatfield, said she remembered the Tamura family well. They had been neighbours for a decade, and Shane and his brother played with her children and went to primary school with her daughter, she said. 'They were typical kids,' Hatfield said, looking across the quiet cul-de-sac at the family's former home, as crickets chirped in the cool night air. She said she remembered Shane 'as just a little kid following his older brother around. It's really shocking.' In recent years, Tamura had received traffic citations in Nevada and was charged with criminal trespass, records show. It was not immediately clear what had led to the trespassing charge. Records show that a person with the same name as Tamura held a work card issued by the state board that regulates security guards, private investigators, and similar professionals in Nevada from December 2019 to December 2024. The work card did not authorise the person to carry a firearm. It was not clear why Tamura was in New York City or what had motivated him to open fire inside the building, which is home to the offices of several high-powered companies, including investment giant Blackstone, the NFL, and accounting and financial advisory firm KPMG. It was the second high profile shooting in midtown Manhattan in less than a year. Last December, Luigi Mangione travelled to New York City from out of town and staged a targeted attack on a healthcare executive, Brian Thompson, in midtown, prosecutors say. This article originally appeared in The New York Times. Written by: Liam Stack, Joseph Goldstein and Amy Julia Harris ©2025 THE NEW YORK TIMES
RNZ News
a day ago
- RNZ News
Shooter in New York skyscraper blamed NFL for brain injury, mayor says
By Lananh Nguyen, Doina Chiacu and Brendan O'Brien, Reuters The man who killed four people with an assault rifle while rampaging through a Midtown Manhattan office tower carried a note with him that appeared to blame the National Football League for his degenerative brain disease, New York Mayor Eric Adams said on Tuesday (US time). Police have identified the shooter as Shane Tamura, a 27-year-old Las Vegas resident with a history of mental illness. Tamura ended the Monday evening massacre by shooting himself in the chest on the 33rd floor of the Park Avenue office tower. The NFL has its headquarters in the skyscraper alongside major financial firms, but Tamura apparently entered the wrong elevator bank and ended up in the offices of Rudin Management, a real estate company, where he shot employees, the mayor said. "The note alluded to that he felt he had CTE, a known brain injury for those who participate in contact sports," Adams told CBS News. 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The yellow mark shows where the shooting took place. Photo: Supplied/Maps The shooting follows last year's killing of a top UnitedHealth executive outside a hotel about three blocks away from Monday's rampage. Prosecutors say the man charged with that murder targeted his victim as a symbol of corporate greed. Tamura also killed a New York Police Department officer, Didarul Islam, 36, who came from Bangladesh and had been on the force three years, the mayor said. US President Donald Trump said his "heart is with the families of the four people who were killed, including the NYPD Officer, who made the ultimate sacrifice". An NFL employee was also injured in the shooting and was in stable condition at a hospital, according to a memo sent by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to league staff. Goodell wrote there would be "increased security presence" at the league's offices "in the days and weeks to come". Tamura appeared to have driven to New York City from Las Vegas over three days and to have acted alone, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters on Monday night. He entered the skyscraper's lobby, turned to his right and immediately shot the NYPD officer, who was assigned to the building's security detail, Tisch said. She said Tamura used an M4 carbine, a semi-automatic rifle popular with civilian US gun enthusiasts modeled on a fully automatic rifle used by the US military. He then shot a woman and two men in the lobby but inexplicably allowed another woman to pass him unharmed before he took the elevator to the 33rd-floor offices of Rudin Management. There he fatally shot his final victim before taking his own life, Tisch said. A widely circulated photo showed the permit issued to Tamura by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department allowing him to legally carry a concealed firearm. He had recently worked as a security guard at a Las Vegas casino, Fox 11 news channel in Los Angeles reported. On two occasions, in 2022 and 2024, records show law enforcement officials detained him for up to 72 hours under a "mental health crisis hold", which requires the detainee to be evaluated at a hospital, ABC News reported. A loaded revolver was later recovered from the black BMW vehicle Tamura had left double-parked outside the office tower, along with a backpack and prescription medications, Tisch said. -Reuters
