New York City Mayor Eric Adams told Fox 5 New York that Shane Tamura might have targeted the NFL.
Tamura killed three civilians and a police officer and critically injured another on Monday night in Midtown Manhattan.
Didarul Islam, 36, was an officer for four years. He leaves behind a wife and two young boys.
Islam’s wife is pregnant with their third child.
Authorities also said one of the victims was Blackstone executive Wesley LePartner, a married mom of two.
345 Park Avenue houses the NFL headquarters.
From Fox 5 New York:
Adams also said the shooter blamed the NFL and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) for his mental state, though he never played in the league.Adams said police were still going through the suicide note.”We’re still going through the suicide note to zero in on the exact reason, but at this time it appears as though something that is attached to his belief he experienced CTE from playing in the NFL,” Adams said.
However, Tamura went to the wrong floor:
Although the building houses NFL offices, investigators believe Tamura mistakenly went to the wrong floor.”There are two different elevator banks, and as you know, anyone has seen many of our corporate buildings, some banks don’t go to every floor,” Adams said. “He appeared to have gone to the wrong bank, and he ended up on the floor of Rudin Management. And you see on the videos that he discharged the weapons several times.”According to Adams, surveillance footage clearly shows Tamura ended up on the wrong elevator line.”He appeared to have gone to the wrong floor and, due to the room elevator bank… you can see on the front desk which elevator bank was the NFL. But he did not go to that bank,” the mayor said.
Investigators have not found evidence that Tamura ever played for the NFL or that he had CTE.
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