CBSAccording to city mayor Eric Adams, the gunman who stormed a skyscraper in the heart of New York on Monday evening left a note that appeared to blame the National Football League (NFL) for a brain injury.
Shane Tamura, 27, of Las Vegas, a victim of the shooting that took place in the building where the American football league’s headquarters is located, opened fire on himself, but he later took a different section of the building using the incorrect lift.
According to Adams, the gunman was carrying a note blaming CTE, a brain disorder brought on by head trauma, for his mental illness.
Didarul Islam, a 36-year-old security guard from New York City, was one of the victims.
One of the victims, a worker at Blackstone, was identified by her employer as Wesley LePatner.
Additionally, two male civilians were killed. In a message to staff, the league’s commissioner, Roger Goodell, wrote that an NFL employee was also “seriously injured” in the attack.
Adams responded to CBS with a question about a potential motive: “He did have a note on him. He claimed in the note that he believed he had CTE, a known brain injury suffered by contact sports participants.
He appeared to blame the NFL for his injury.
Former teammates earlier told NBC News that Tamura played football while he was a senior in California.
It is believed that Tamura entered a lift to the 33rd floor of the skyscraper after starting fire in the lobby and continued to open fire.
According to Mayor Adams, preliminary investigations revealed that the shooter had entered Rudin Management, the building’s owner, by mistake.
Later, Tamura self-defense himself.
Midtown Manhattan and other modes of transportation were halted as a result of the incident. A police officer who was present at the scene reported seeing numerous police vehicles and the removal of at least one person from their chests on a stretcher.
Police instructed those in the area, including the BBC journalist, to take shelter in nearby buildings after hearing what appeared to be gunshots.
Hours-long work was done by police floor-by-floor to clear the building.
Nekeisha Lewis, a woman, claimed to be having dinner with friends on the plaza when she heard gunfire. She told NBC News, “It almost felt like you were in a warzone.”
