Four people killed A shoot on Monday evening Inside the building of an office in New York City. Police said the gunman, who used a high-power rifle to open a fire in the Midtown Manhattan skyscraper, later died of a self-infused gun bullet.
A New York City Police Officer Was Among those killed In shooting, in addition to three other people. Officials also said that a person was admitted to the hospital in critical condition.
Police identified the shooting suspect, 27 -year -old Shane D of Las Vegas. Is done as Tamura. Speaking on “CBS Mornings” on Tuesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said investigators recovered A comment In which the Tamura National Football League appeared to blame his own painful head injury, with an office in the building where the rampage was held.
The Tower of 345 Park Avenue includes offices for several other major corporations, including accounting firm KPMG and investment company black Stone,
President Trump said on a social media Post He was informed on the shooting, which he called “tragic” and “a insensitive act of violence”.
Here we know about the incident and investigation so far.
What happened?
Before 6:30 pm on Monday, the surveillance video showed the suspect, alone, exiting a black BMW, which was double-posed between the 51st and 52nd roads on Manhattan’s Park Avenue, said Jessica Tish, Police Commissioner of New York City. In the video, the gunman is seen carrying the M4 rifle.
The suspect then entered the 345 Park Avenue in 44-storey high growth. Right and set fire to a NYPD officer, who was working in a private security job as part of a NYPD program.
Tisk said that many 911 calls came to report after some time An active shooter inside the building,
Officials said the gunman went through the lobby, trying to hide behind a column, killing a woman. According to the NYPD commissioner, moving towards the lobby’s lift bank, he shot a security guard, who told the police apart from another person.
The suspect allowed a woman who stepped out of a lift, which he was waiting to go through untoward, Testch said. Then, he rushed the lift to the 33rd floor, where the owner of the building, the office of the Rudin management is located. The commissioner said that he started walking on the floor during the journey, firing round, “and hit one of the victims, who eventually died.
At that time, the gunman went down from the hallway and shot himself in the chest, said Tish said.
victim
The police officer killed in the lobby has been identified as 36 -year -old Didarul IslamFour -year -old veteran of NYPD out of the 47th predecessor in Bronx. CBS New York said that the Islam was working on a payment expansion on Monday as part of a program run by the Police Department, which allows the authorities to provide security to private companies, CBS News New York.
Islam had two young sons and his wife is currently pregnant, Adams said at a news conference on Monday night, he praised the police force and his character for his service.
“He was an immigrant from Bangladesh and he loved the city,” said Adams. “And everyone said that he was said that he was a person of faith and a person who believed in God and believed in living the life of a divine person. He tells about the city what this city is.”
In a statement, NYPD stated that Islam “represented the best of our department.”
Three other people killed in shooting include a security guard in the lobby and employees in Rudin Management and Blackstone.
The security guard was identified as Aland Etiene. He McLane Security Inc. The unarmed security guard working for was, according to 32BJ SEIU, was a union representing property service workers. He was in his role in the Park Avenue building since 2019.
In a statement, Blackstone identified one of the victims killed as its employee, Wesley leptatar,
The statement said, “The words cannot express the devastation we felt. Wesley was a favorite member of the Blackstone family and will be remembered a lot.” “She was brilliant, emotional, warm, generous, and deepened within our firm and beyond. She took the best incarnation of Blackstone. Our prayers are with her husband, children and family.”
A spokesman for Rudin Management told CBS News that the family of his deceased employee requested that the victim be named private.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodll told the staff in an email on Monday night that someone working for the league in shooting was “seriously injured”. Goodll said that the person was admitted to the hospital And their position was considered stable.
Suspicious
The police have shared the initial details about Tamura, but there are many questions on Tuesday.
It seemed that he was Attempted to target NFL offices Adams said the park is located inside the Avenue Tower, but used the wrong lift and ended on a separate floor.
CBS News received images of a note found in the gunman’s wallet, which suggested that they felt that they had it. CTE, or chronic painful encephalopathyA brain disease is caused by frequent trauma on the head.
“Please study my brain,” read the note. “I’m sorry.”
He was also accused of hiding the dangers of CTE on NFL.
Tamura was not affiliated to NFL. Santa Clarita, local media coverage in California, in 2014 shows that she played high school football.
According to law enforcement in Las Vegas, he had a documented mental health history.
A NYPD spokesperson said that Tamura worked in an overnight security innings at Horsasho Casino in Las Vegas. He was the last slang to work on Sunday, when he failed to show.
Tish said on Monday night that Gunman had gone across the country across the country before reaching New York City, Colorado, Nebraska and Iowa on Sunday and on Monday before coming to New Jersey. Investigators found that his vehicle, BMW, was seen exiting the park Avenue, passed through Columbia, New Jersey at 4:24 pm on Monday afternoon.
According to the Police Commissioner, the car was registered in Tamura. When the authorities discovered the vehicle, they discovered a rifle case with bullets, a loaded revolver, ammunition and magazines, a backpack and a gun to the gun. Tish said no explosives were found.
A NYPD spokesperson said parts of the gun used in shooting were bought by a gunman in Las Vegas. It was not immediately clear how he got other parts to collect the rifle or why the associate had to buy something for him.
A team of NYPD detectives is located in Las Vegas and is interviewing them. The spokesman said that NYPD plans to execute a search warrant at gunman’s house.
The spokesperson said the shooter legally bought the handgan found in his car with a hidden carry permit from a gun shop in Las Vegas.
“A violent, low attack”
Many New York officials have spoken in view of the shooting. Adams on Monday “a violent, disgusting attack,” no word “can describe this work of evil, a person who takes the life of others who are innocent. And no word can fill the void left by this tragedy.”
New York village. Kathy Hosul called shooting “a terrible act of violence”, which reflects the need for strict gun control in the United States.
Hosul said in a statement, “The killer used the AR -15 -style assault rifle. The same weapon of war used in large -scale firing in the US,” New York gun law The most strict in the nation, the attacks that ban weapons and the rules and Preventing probable dangerous individuals “Part only till now when an AR -15 can be obtained in a state with weak gun laws and brought to New York to commit mass murder.”
“Now is the time to work,” Hutchul continued. “American people are tired of ideas and prayers. They are worth action. The Congress should call courage to stand for gun lobby and finally ban the weapons of a national attack.
Anna Sheter contributed to this report.
