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NYC shooting: NYPD officer killed, 3 others dead in midtown building home to Blackstone, NFL

The Truth News — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:44:01 +0000

NYC shooting: NYPD officer killed, 3 others dead in midtown building home to Blackstone, NFL

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A lone gunman, identified as Shane Tamura, walked into a midtown Manhattan office building Monday and opened fire, killing four people before turning the gun on himself.
Three of the four people killed in the shooting were identified as NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner and Julia Hyman, an associate at Rudin Management.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Tamura appeared to take the wrong elevator bank inside 345 Park Avenue Monday when he carried out his attack, adding that “it appears as though he was going after the employees at the NFL.”
The motive for the shooting remains unclear, but the gunman reportedly had a grievance with the NFL, blaming the sport of football for apparent issues with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a side effect from repeated hits to the head.

Rudin Management employee Julia Hyman identified as shooting victim

Julia Hyman, a 2020 Cornell University graduate who worked for Rudin Management, was identified as another one of the victims of the New York City shooting, sources told the New York Post.

Hyman was an associate with the real estate company, according to a LinkedIn profile purportedly belonging to her.

“The Rudin family and everyone at our company are devastated by yesterday’s senseless tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with those injured and lost last night, including our cherished Rudin colleague, a brave New York City police officer, a beloved lobby security guard and an employee at a tenant firm,” the Rudin family said in a statement.

“We are grateful to the NYPD, FBI, EMS and multiple other emergency responders for their swift and courageous action. We also thank the Mayor and Police Commissioner for their leadership. The building will remain closed today as the authorities continue their investigations,” they added. “As New Yorkers, we stand shoulder to shoulder in the face of this hatred, we grieve with the families and loved ones of those lost, and we pray for the full recovery of those injured.”

Earlier this morning, financial firm Blackstone identified Wesley LePatner as an executive who was killed in the attack.

LePatner, a senior managing director, was Blackstone’s Global Head of Core+ Real Estate and the Chief Executive Officer of the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust.

The shooting left NYPD Officer Didarul Islam and one other person dead.

Medical examiner to study gunman’s brain as part of standard autopsy

The New York City Medical Examiner’s Office told Fox News that it’s investigating the death of gunman Shane Tamura and will study his brain as part of the standard autopsy procedure.

The motive for the shooting remains unclear, but Tamura reportedly had a grievance with the NFL, blaming the sport of football for apparent issues with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a side effect from repeated hits to the head.

The office said it will share the cause and manner of death determination for Tamura when available.

The 27-year-old turned the gun on himself last night after killing four people inside an office building in Manhattan that is home to companies including the NFL.

Schumer reveals he once worked in Park Ave. building as an intern

Sen. Chuck Schumer revealed Tuesday on the Senate floor that he once worked at 345 Park Avenue, the site of the shooting Monday in New York City.

“Yesterday, my city — the greatest city on earth — was shattered when a gunman took the lives of four innocent New Yorkers in cold blood, just four blocks from my office in Midtown Manhattan,” Schumer said. “I actually worked in the building where the shooting took place for one summer as a summer associate at a law firm.”

Schumer said he “walked that stretch of Park Avenue a thousand times” and described it as “one of the busiest, safest, most iconic parts of Manhattan.”

“I want to thank the first responders who ran toward the gunfire — all of the cops, EMTs, firefighters that got there fast and prevented even more bloodshed. They’re heroes, every one of them,” he added. source

NFL’s Roger Goodell praises NYPD officer who was killed in NYC shooting

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell praised NYPD Officer Didarul Islam in a memo to employees who were at the building where a crazed gunman killed four and injured others in a shooting.

Goodell said in the memo, obtained by Fox News Digital, that one NFL employee was “seriously injured” but in stable condition. He mentioned Islam and thanked him for sacrificing his life to save others.

“We are deeply grateful to the law enforcement officers who responded to this threat quickly and decisively and to Officer Islam, who gave his life to protect others,” the memo read.

The 36-year-old had been on the force for four years before he was gunned down Monday evening. He was a married father to two young boys, and his wife is pregnant with their third child, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell praised NYPD Officer Didarul Islam in a memo to employees who were at the building where a crazed gunman killed four and injured others in a shooting.

The ambulance carrying the body of Didarul Islam exits NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital during the dignified transfer of the slain officer, who was shot and killed by a gunman on Monday evening, early Tuesday on July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

“We are deeply grateful to the law enforcement officers who responded to this threat quickly and decisively and to Officer Islam, who gave his life to protect others,” the memo read.

Islam, an immigrant from Bangladesh who was assigned to the NYPD’s 47th Precinct in the Bronx, was one of two uniformed officers in the Park Avenue high-rise when the shooting occurred.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell welcomes fans to the 2025 NFL Draft before the first round on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)

Both of the officers were working there as part of the paid detail program, which allows companies to hire uniformed officers as extra security, Tisch said.

The NYPD said Islam “represented the very best of our department.”

“He was protecting New Yorkers from danger when his life was tragically cut short today,” the NYPD added. “We join in prayer during this time of incomprehensible pain. We will forever honor his legacy.”

A New York police investigator exits her vehicle at the scene outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a police officer, on Monday, July 28, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

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Who is Shane Devon Tamura? What we know about the NYC shooting suspect

The 27-year-old Nevada man left a note at the scene voicing anger that his mental illness may be linked to his having played football, officials familiar with the investigation

A Nevada man who recently drove across the country and has a “documented mental health history” is accused of walking into a Manhattan building with a rifle and opening fire Monday evening, killing four people, including an NYPD officer, police said.

Shane Devon Tamura, 27, went into 345 Park Ave. in midtown just after the end of business Monday armed with an M4 rifle and opened fire in the lobby and again on the 33rd floor before he eventually killed himself, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

“According to our law enforcement partners in Las Vegas, Mr. Tamura has a documented mental health history,” Tisch said. “His motives are still under investigation.”

Officer Didarul Islam, 36, who was off-duty working a security job at the building, was one of the four people killed in the attack. The other victims, a man and two women, have not been identified.

Suspect had driven across the country

Tamura has a Las Vegas address, and the BMW he got out of in Manhattan is registered to him in Nevada.

Inside the vehicle, investigators found a rifle case with rounds, ammunition magazines and a loaded revolver, Tisch said.

Police officers and emergency vehicles respond to a shooting in midtown Manhattan on Monday.John Lamparski / AFP via Getty Images

Also found was medication prescribed to him, Tisch said. She did not say what kind or what it was for.

Tamura’s vehicle had recently driven across the country, officials said.

It went through Colorado on Saturday, then Nebraska and Iowa on Sunday, and was in Columbia, New Jersey, as recently as 4:24 p.m. Monday, the day of the shooting — and it entered New York City shortly thereafter, Tisch said.

Why this location?

Tisch said security video showed the shooter get out of a double-parked black BMW while carrying an M4 rifle.

“The building security camera footage shows the shooter enter the lobby, turn right and immediately open fire on an NYPD officer,” Tisch said.

The gunman then shot a woman taking cover behind a pillar and fired at others before he took an elevator to the 33rd floor, where he opened fire again and killed another person, she said.

“We are working to understand why he targeted this particular location,” Tisch said.

Tenants of the building include the NFL, Rudin Management, KPMG and Blackstone.

Officials familiar with the investigation told NBC News that the suspect left a note at the scene voicing anger that his mental illness may be linked to his having played football. Investigators are looking into whether that is a why he targeted the Park Avenue building that houses the NFL offices, the officials said.

The officials stressed that the investigation is early and ongoing.

New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and city officials hold a news conference after the shooting Monday.John Lamparski / AFP via Getty Images

In addition to the weapon and ammo, a cellphone was found at the scene and attempts will be made to get in it to see what it might contain, the officials said.

Two officials familiar with the matter said that in the note found at the shooting scene, the suspect wonders about “CTE” as being a possible cause of his mental illness.

A man who was wounded in the attack was hospitalized in critical but stable condition Monday night, Tisch said. Four others sustained minor injuries trying to flee, she said.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told NFL employees that a league employee was seriously hurt in what he called “an unspeakable act of violence.” The employee was in stable condition at a hospital, Goodell said in a statement.

California school teammates, coach are shocked

Tamura attended high school in Southern California, where he played football, according to his former teammates, who said they were stunned to learn he was a suspect in the shooting.

“You never would have thought violence was something you’d associate with him,” former classmate Caleb Clarke said. “Everything he said was a joke.”

Tamura transferred to Granada Hills Charter School in Granada Hills, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, in 2015 when he was a senior, coming from a school in Santa Clarita, Clarke said.

Clarke indicated that the pair lost touch but reconnected through social media recently and that Tamura worked at a Las Vegas casino.

Former coach Walter Roby said Tamura was a talented running back and “a great player” who was “real elusive, real agile.”

“He came in, worked hard, kept his nose down,” Roby added. “He was a quiet kid, well-mannered, very coachable. Whatever needed to be done, he would do.”

Roby said he was shocked that Tamura was suspected of carrying out a mass shooting.

“I’m just blown away right now,” he said.

In a 2015 Los Angeles Times article, Tamura was mentioned by his high school football coach ahead of his senior year. His coach said Tamura, a running back, was one of the few players he was “looking for big things from.”

A former Granada Hills teammate, Anthony Michael Leon, said he and his old football buddies have been texting one another in disbelief since they learned that Tamura was identified as the gunman.

“This is so shocking,” said Leon, 25. “I’m telling you, this was one of those kids who never exerted bad energy or a negative attitude.”

He said Tamura was in the school’s virtual program, which meant he took classes online and was in school only a couple of times a week outside of the football season.

But Tamura excelled on the field and led mostly by example, Leon said.

“He was quiet, but when he did actually talk, people listened,” Leon said.

Leon said that he remembered Tamura earning all-conference honors but that Tamura did not appear to harbor ambitions to play in college or the NFL.

“I knew so many kids in high school who made it clear that’s all they wanted to do,” Leon said. “I never got that from Shane.” source

Who is Shane Devon Tamura? What we know about the NYC shooting suspect

Besides an unstable mentally ill evil man, The 27-year-old Nevada man left a note at the scene voicing anger that his mental illness may be linked to his having played football, officials familiar with the investigation.