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CNN
14 hours ago
- CNN
What we know about the Midtown Manhattan gunman and how the shooting unfolded
Investigators are combing through evidence in the wake of New York City's deadliest mass shooting since 2000, trying to figure out more about the gunman who opened fire Monday in Midtown, killing four people, including a police officer, and injuring one. The shooting at 345 Park Avenue, a glossy skyscraper near 52nd street and blocks from busy tourist sites like Rockefeller Center and the Museum of Modern Art, happened as office workers across the city were filing out of their workplaces during the busy evening commute. It is among at least 254 mass shootings in the US so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The building is home to large global companies, including investment firm Blackstone and the National Football League – which the gunman, a competitive football player in his youth, had grievances with, according to a law enforcement source. Here's what we know: The gunman, 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura from Las Vegas, drove across the country in the days preceding the attack and arrived in New York City Monday afternoon, police said. Police said they are investigating Tamura's motives, and the FBI said its initial search of internal systems had not turned up information about gunman. Tamura had a 'documented mental health history,' NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during a news conference Monday night. Tamura had a suicide note in his pocket alleging he suffered from CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disease linked to head trauma, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation. Tamura had once been a competitive football player, multiple sources told CNN. In the note, the source said, he asked that his brain be studied and wrote: 'You can't go against the NFL, they'll squash you.' The short note was scribbled over three pages and found by investigators after the shooting, the source said. CTE is commonly associated with football players, and studies show that repetitive hits to the head can result in the disease. The NFL's offices are located on the fifth floor of the Park Avenue building. Former friends and classmates have expressed shock at the news, saying they remembered Tamura as unproblematic. 'When I knew him, he was a great teammate. He was a great guy in general. He didn't cause any problems, actually at all, in the locker room or on the field. He was just a guy that really enjoyed the sport, not problematic at all,' said a former high school friend, according to CNN affiliate KABC. Another childhood friend, who asked not to be identified, remembered Tamura as being a nice guy and a good athlete. Both friends had not spoken to Tamura in many years. Shortly before 6:30 p.m., surveillance cameras captured Tamura leaving his car near the Park Avenue building and entering with an M4 assault-style rifle in hand, Tisch said. Upon entering the lobby, he began 'spraying it with gunfire,' Tisch added, hitting a police officer, a security guard, and another man and woman. Witnesses in the area described hearing windows shattering and a loud noise, according to the Associated Press. 'It felt like it was a quick two shots and then it was rapid fire,' Nekeisha Lewis, who was getting dinner with friends nearby, told the AP. She saw a man run from the building saying, 'Help, help. I'm shot.' After opening fire in the lobby, the gunman went to the elevator, where a woman ran out – who he allowed to pass unharmed, Tisch said. He then took the elevator to the 33rd floor, where the woman had been heading, according to a law enforcement official. It's the floor where the building's owner, real estate company Rudin Management, has its offices. Tamura then opened fire again, killing one person before shooting himself in the chest and dying of the self-inflicted wound, Tisch said. Only one of the five people shot survived, and was in critical but stable condition at the hospital, police said on Monday night. One man and one woman who were shot were brought to Bellevue Hospital and both died, police said. Another woman was found dead on the 33rd floor. Their names are being withheld until their families can be notified, said the police commissioner. The fourth fatality was NYPD officer Didarul Islam, a 36-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh who had worked in the police force for three and a half years. He had two young sons, and his wife is pregnant with their third child, police said. Islam had been off-duty at the time, but was working security in the building when Tamura stormed the lobby and shot him. Officials, including Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul, expressed their condolences to his family and called him a hero. Adams met with Islam's family on Monday, saying afterward that Islam had been his father's only son. 'Everyone we spoke with stated he was a person of faith and a person that believed in God and believed in living out the life of a godly person,' Adams said. Just past midnight, officials lined the streets outside a hospital to perform a 'guard of honor' as Islam's body was transferred to an ambulance, with some saluting and some holding their hands over their hearts as he was wheeled out. CNN's Mark Morales, John Miller, Michelle Watson, Zoe Sottile, Danya Gainor, Josh Campbell and Karina Tsui contributed to this report.
CNN
15 hours ago
- CNN
What we know about the Midtown Manhattan gunman and how the shooting unfolded
Investigators are combing through evidence in the wake of New York City's deadliest mass shooting since 2000, trying to figure out more about the gunman who opened fire Monday in Midtown, killing four people, including a police officer, and injuring one. The shooting at 345 Park Avenue, a glossy skyscraper near 52nd street and blocks from busy tourist sites like Rockefeller Center and the Museum of Modern Art, happened as office workers across the city were filing out of their workplaces during the busy evening commute. It is among at least 254 mass shootings in the US so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The building is home to large global companies, including investment firm Blackstone and the National Football League – which the gunman, a competitive football player in his youth, had grievances with, according to a law enforcement source. Here's what we know: The gunman, 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura from Las Vegas, drove across the country in the days preceding the attack and arrived in New York City Monday afternoon, police said. Police said they are investigating Tamura's motives, and the FBI said its initial search of internal systems had not turned up information about gunman. Tamura had a 'documented mental health history,' NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during a news conference Monday night. Tamura had a suicide note in his pocket alleging he suffered from CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disease linked to head trauma, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation. Tamura had once been a competitive football player, multiple sources told CNN. In the note, the source said, he asked that his brain be studied and wrote: 'You can't go against the NFL, they'll squash you.' The short note was scribbled over three pages and found by investigators after the shooting, the source said. CTE is commonly associated with football players, and studies show that repetitive hits to the head can result in the disease. The NFL's offices are located on the fifth floor of the Park Avenue building. Former friends and classmates have expressed shock at the news, saying they remembered Tamura as unproblematic. 'When I knew him, he was a great teammate. He was a great guy in general. He didn't cause any problems, actually at all, in the locker room or on the field. He was just a guy that really enjoyed the sport, not problematic at all,' said a former high school friend, according to CNN affiliate KABC. Another childhood friend, who asked not to be identified, remembered Tamura as being a nice guy and a good athlete. Both friends had not spoken to Tamura in many years. Shortly before 6:30 p.m., surveillance cameras captured Tamura leaving his car near the Park Avenue building and entering with an M4 assault-style rifle in hand, Tisch said. Upon entering the lobby, he began 'spraying it with gunfire,' Tisch added, hitting a police officer, a security guard, and another man and woman. Witnesses in the area described hearing windows shattering and a loud noise, according to the Associated Press. 'It felt like it was a quick two shots and then it was rapid fire,' Nekeisha Lewis, who was getting dinner with friends nearby, told the AP. She saw a man run from the building saying, 'Help, help. I'm shot.' After opening fire in the lobby, the gunman went to the elevator, where a woman ran out – who he allowed to pass unharmed, Tisch said. He then took the elevator to the 33rd floor, where the woman had been heading, according to a law enforcement official. It's the floor where the building's owner, real estate company Rudin Management, has its offices. Tamura then opened fire again, killing one person before shooting himself in the chest and dying of the self-inflicted wound, Tisch said. Only one of the five people shot survived, and was in critical but stable condition at the hospital, police said on Monday night. One man and one woman who were shot were brought to Bellevue Hospital and both died, police said. Another woman was found dead on the 33rd floor. Their names are being withheld until their families can be notified, said the police commissioner. The fourth fatality was NYPD officer Didarul Islam, a 36-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh who had worked in the police force for three and a half years. He had two young sons, and his wife is pregnant with their third child, police said. Islam had been off-duty at the time, but was working security in the building when Tamura stormed the lobby and shot him. Officials, including Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul, expressed their condolences to his family and called him a hero. Adams met with Islam's family on Monday, saying afterward that Islam had been his father's only son. 'Everyone we spoke with stated he was a person of faith and a person that believed in God and believed in living out the life of a godly person,' Adams said. Just past midnight, officials lined the streets outside a hospital to perform a 'guard of honor' as Islam's body was transferred to an ambulance, with some saluting and some holding their hands over their hearts as he was wheeled out. CNN's Mark Morales, John Miller, Michelle Watson, Zoe Sottile, Danya Gainor, Josh Campbell and Karina Tsui contributed to this report.
CTV News
15 hours ago
- CTV News
Gunman kills 4, including police officer, in shooting at New York City office tower
New York City officials provide an update on a mass shooting inside a midtown Manhattan office building that killed at least four people.
Al Jazeera
15 hours ago
- Al Jazeera
NYC Shooting: What we know about the victims, suspect Shane Tamura
A lone attacker armed with an assault-style rifle killed four people, including a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer, before fatally shooting himself inside a skyscraper in New York's Manhattan area, according to the police. The shooting is still under 'active investigation', New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters at a news conference late on Monday. Police said the motive behind the shooting was still unknown. The rampage happened at the skyscraper – home to the headquarters of the National Football League (NFL) and Blackstone, one of the world's largest investment firms, among others. So, who were the victims of the latest mass shooting in the United States? Who was the suspect, and what was his motive? What more do we know about the shooting? The incident took place after 6pm local time (22:00 GMT) on Monday at 345 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Police Commissioner Tisch said surveillance video showed the man exiting a BMW just before 6:30pm carrying an M4 rifle, then marching across a public plaza into the building. Then he started firing, killing a police officer working a corporate security detail and then hitting a woman who tried to take cover as he sprayed the lobby with gunfire. The man made his way to the lift and shot a guard at a security desk, and shot another man in the lobby. He then took the lift to the 33rd-floor offices of the company that owned the building, Rudin Management, and shot dead one person on that floor. The bloodshed came to an end when the attacker fatally shot himself in the chest. Local TV footage showed lines of people evacuating the office building with their hands above their heads in the hours after the killings. 'It felt like it was a quick two shots and then it was rapid fire,' Nekeisha Lewis told The Associated Press news agency. Windows shattered, and a man ran from the building saying, 'Help, help. I'm shot,' Lewis, who was eating dinner with friends on the plaza, said. This shooting is the 254th mass shooting in the US this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive – a nonprofit that tracks gun-related violence. The group defines a mass shooting incident as one in which four or more people, excluding the attacker, are killed or injured by firearms. Where in Manhattan did the shooting occur? 'What we know so far,' said Tisch, is that 'surveillance video shows a male exit a double-parked black BMW on Park Avenue between 51st and 52nd streets, carrying an M4 rifle in his right hand.' He then walked into the 44-storey skyscraper at 345 Park Avenue, which is home to several big firms, including KPMG and Deutsche Bank. The building, about a block east of St Patrick's Cathedral, is located near Rockefeller Centre, just a few blocks south of Central Park. The shooting took place at the end of a workday, in the same part of Manhattan where the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare was shot dead outside a hotel late last year. What do we know about Shane Tamura, the suspect? 'The shooter is believed to be Shane Tamura, a 27-year-old male with a Las Vegas address,' Tisch said. 'His motives are still under investigation. We are working to understand why he targeted this particular location,' she added. Preliminary checks of the suspect's background did not show a significant criminal history. However, he did have a history of mental illness. Investigators searched the suspect's car at the scene and found a rifle case with rounds, a loaded revolver and ammunition, as well as a backpack and medication prescribed to the attacker, Tisch said. She said an initial investigation shows Tamura's vehicle travelled across the country, passing through Colorado on July 26, then Nebraska and Iowa on July 27. The car was in Columbia, New Jersey, as recently as 4:24pm on Monday. He drove into New York City shortly thereafter, she said. Tisch also said there were no indications that Tamura had prior connections to the city. What do we know about the victims and the officer who was killed? NYPD officer Didarul Islam, who was among the victims, was hailed as a hero. The 36-year-old was an immigrant from Bangladesh who had served as a police officer for the past three and a half years, Tisch said. 'He was doing the job that we asked him to do. He put himself in harm's way. He made the ultimate sacrifice,' she said. 'He died as he lived – a hero.' New York City Mayor Eric Adams described him as a 'true blue' hero. 'He was saving lives, he was protecting New Yorkers,' Adams said. 'He loved this city, and everyone we spoke with stated he was a person of faith and a person that believed in God.' Islam was married, with two young boys. 'His wife is pregnant with their third child,' Tisch said. Authorities offered few details about the three other victims killed by the suspect – two men and a woman. The final victim was struck in Rudin Management's office. It is one of the oldest real estate firms in New York, and owns the entire building. A third male was gravely wounded by the gunfire and was 'fighting for his life' in a nearby hospital, Mayor Adams said. Later, the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, identified an employee of the league as the injured victim. 'As has been widely reported, a gunman committed an unspeakable act of violence in our building at 345 Park Avenue. One of our employees was seriously injured in this attack. He is currently in the hospital and in stable condition,' Goodell said in a message to employees. Commissioner Tisch said the names of the victims were being withheld until their families were notified. Is the area safe now? After the shooting, a large police presence converged on the area around the tower, according to the Reuters news agency. But by the early hours of Tuesday morning, police were allowing some 345 Park Avenue office workers back into the building to collect their belongings.
Bloomberg
15 hours ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Bloomberg Daybreak: Deadly NYC Office Shooting
On today's podcast: 1) Work was winding down at 345 Park Avenue on Monday when a man strode across the public plaza just outside the Midtown Manhattan tower with an assault rifle in his hand. Within minutes, at least four people were dead, as well as the gunman, in a mass shooting in the epicenter of American finance. The harrowing scene unfolded in the 44-story, dark-glass tower that houses the offices of private equity giant Blackstone Inc., consultant KPMG, the National Football League and building landlord Rudin Management. 2) Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said a 90-day extension of a trade truce with China was a likely outcome with negotiations between the two countries underway in Stockholm. 3) Barclays Plc's traders turned in their best second quarter performance in three years as the volatility wrought by US President Donald Trump's trade war helped them deliver revenue that topped analyst expectations.
