#JustIn: Gunman was Targeting NFL HQ in Manhattan

A gunman who killed four people, including an off-duty NYPD officer, at 345 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan on Monday evening was targeting the National Football League (NFL) headquarters but took the wrong elevator, Mayor Eric Adams revealed Tuesday. The suspect, identified as 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura from Las Vegas, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the 33rd floor after shooting in the lobby and at Rudin Management’s offices.

Investigators found a note on Tamura’s body expressing grievances against the NFL, alleging he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease linked to head trauma in sports. The note, scribbled over three pages, referenced former NFL player Terry Long, who died by suicide in 2005 after a CTE diagnosis, and requested his brain be studied. Tamura, a former high school football standout at Granada Hills Charter School, had no known NFL connection but a documented mental health history, per NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.

The attack killed Officer Didarul Islam, 36, a Bangladesh immigrant with two children and a pregnant wife, along with three civilians, including a Blackstone executive. An NFL employee was critically injured but stable. The building, housing Blackstone, KPMG, and the NFL, was locked down, with employees barricading offices. Posts on X, like @v3ktorious, speculated Tamura’s failed NFL aspirations fueled the attack, though police are still probing the motive.

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