Authorities say shooter in New York City blamed NFL for brain injuries

Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, claimed a gunman shot himself and killed five others before fleeing to the National Football League (NFL) headquarters, where he was attributed his brain injuries.

Adams claimed on Tuesday that Shane Tamura, the shooter’s 27-year-old name, suggests the NFL was his target.

Adams told CBS News, “The note mentioned that he believed he had CTE [chronic traumatic encephalopathy], a known brain injury for those who play contact sports.” He appeared to blame the NFL for his injury.

However, Tamura appears to have walked into a New York City office building on the wrong side of the building and instead opened fire on a real estate company’s offices, killing both inside the ground-floor lobby.

Concussions suffered by football players have previously been the subject of litigation for the NFL.

The organization, which regulates professional US football, has denied that there is a connection between CTE and its sport, but it has still paid out more than $1 billion to settle concussion-related lawsuits.

The shooting on Monday rekindled the debate over gun ownership and mass shootings in the US. Tamura reportedly had an AR-15-style rifle inside the building.

The NFL’s corporate headquarters are housed in a building that other companies share.

As he entered the skyscraper’s lobby, Tamara is thought to have started shooting. The 33rd floor, home to Rudin Management, a real estate company, is where police believe he climbed, where he may have taken the wrong elevator.

He then set himself up there and set the gun on fire once more.

Didarul Islam, a 36-year-old police officer from Bangladesh who had served in the US for three years, was one of the fatalities in the shooting.

Aland Etienne, a security guard, Julia Hyman of Rudin Management, and Wesley LePatner, a senior executive at BlackRock Investments, are other victims.

In a memo, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stated that the organization’s offices would have an “increased security presence” in the coming weeks.

Tamura has a history of mental health issues and lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. He didn’t play football in high school, but he did in high school.

Tamura’s note claims that a brain injury prevented his football career from being finished.