NYC shooting victim Julia Hyman made it into panic room before she stepped out and was immediately gunned down
Hyman, a 27-year-old employee of Rudin Management, dashed into a panic room hidden in a 33rd-floor bathroom Monday evening as Tamura stepped out of the elevator and began firing off an assault rifle, officials familiar with the investigation told The Post.
The panic room was fitted with a ballistic door, locking bolts, a hard-wired phone, and even a live camera feed looking out on the hall, officials said.
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6 Midtown mass shooting victim Julia Hyman was in a panic room at 345 Park Ave. as Shane Tamura fired shots at the Rudin office, but she stepped out briefly and was 'immediately' gunned down.
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Tamura, 27, had fired through a glass wall after stepping off the elevator and kicked through the broken glass to get inside the Rudin offices and then began spraying bullets through glass office doors and walls.
He fired at a female cleaner who was pushing a garbage cart through the hall, but missed as she ran away.
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There was a brief pause in the gunfire and then — for reasons unclear — Hyman stepped out of the bathroom panic room, and was instantly shot by Tamura, officials said.
Wounded, the Cornell grad crawled to a desk, reached out for a phone, and collapsed.
6 Officials reported that Hyman was in the panic room located on the 33rd floor, which had a ballistic door, locking bolts, a hard-wired phone, and even a live camera feed looking out on the hall.
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Moments later, Tamura pointed the gun at his own chest and pulled the trigger, killing himself.
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The heartbreaking details come from a timeline pieced together using witness statements and security footage from inside the building, which housed offices of the NFL headquarters that Tamura is believed to have been targeting.
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The shooting play-by-play also revealed that Tamura grew 'visibly angry' when he saw the Rudin Management logo after stepping off the elevator onto the wrong floor.
Despite realizing he was not on the NFL HQ floor and Hyman was not one of his intended targets, he still killed the young employee who had worked at Rudin for less than a year.
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Tamura's rampage began when he stormed the building's lobby at 6:27 p.m. after pulling his assault rifle from his BMW, which he'd double-parked outside the Midtown tower.
6 After shots were fired, and briefly stopped by Tamura — for reasons unclear — Hyman stepped out of the room and was then shot by the gunman, before succumbing to her injuries.
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6 Investigators believe that Tamura was targeting the NFL headquarters, which also has offices at 345 Park Ave.
Once inside, he immediately started shooting up the lobby, and gunned down NYPD officer Didarul Islam, 36, as he sat behind the front desk in full uniform, police said.
By then, security guard Aland Etienne, 46, started running for the building's elevator lockdown panel, but Tamura shot him too.
Etienne still desperately tried to reach the lockdown panel and crawled bloodied across the lobby floor, but collapsed before he could make it.
How the shooting unfolded Reports of the shooting at 345 Park Ave. start coming in around 6:28 p.m.
Shane Tamura, 27, is seen getting out of a black BMW between 51st and 52nd streets with an M4 rifle.
He enters the lobby and turns right, where he shoots police officer Didarul Islam, 36, dead.
Tamura guns down a woman cowering behind a pillar in the lobby, sprays more bullets and walks toward the elevator bank — where he shoots dead a security guard crouching at his desk.
One more man reports being shot and injured in the lobby. He was in critical but stable condition.
The gunman allows a woman to walk out of the elevators unharmed before heading up to the 33rd floor, where building owner Rudin Properties' offices are located, 'and begins to walk the floor, firing as he traveled.'
One woman is shot and killed on that floor before Tamura shoots himself in the chest.
It's unclear how long the mayhem lasted. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch posted on X at 7:52 p.m.: 'The scene has been contained and the lone shooter has been neutralized.'
Tamura next shot NFL employee Craig Clementi, who was wounded but survived.
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Blackstone executive Wesley Le Patner, 43, was fatally gunned down next as she sprinted for cover that she never reached.
The gunman then boarded an elevator — allowing a woman to exit unscathed — and rode it to the 33rd floor, where he killed Hyman.
6 After shooting Hyman, Tamura pulled the trigger and shot himself in the chest, killing him instantly.
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6 A funeral was held for Hyman on Wednesday at Central Synagogue.
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The 27-year-old was remembered at a funeral packed with hundreds of mourners Wednesday.
'With seemingly innate emotional intelligence, Julia knew how to connect in a deep and meaningful way with those around her. Julia was truly wise beyond her age,' her uncle said.
'Julia knew this and lived life with wide open eyes and courage and conviction. She didn't just go to the party. She planned it all, made the playlist and served as the DJ.'
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