What to know about the shooting at a New York City office tower that killed 4

NEW YORK AP A man with a rifle killed an off-duty New York City police officer and three other people before taking his own life at a Manhattan office tower on Monday according to executives Law enforcement personnel were working to unravel what took place and why this location may have been targeted in a city that not long ago informed it was on pace to have its fewest people hurt by gunfire of any year in latest decades Here are selected things to know What happened A man exited a double parked BMW with an M rifle and then walked toward the skyscraper that is home to the headquarters of both the NFL and Blackstone one of the world s largest commitment firms as well as other tenants on Monday evening according to surveillance video He swiftly opened fire on the NYPD officer as he entered the building before shooting a woman who tried to take cover police Commissioner Jessica Tisch mentioned at a news conference He then started spraying the lobby with gunfire The gunman went to the elevator bank and shot a prevention guard who was taking cover behind a guard desk and also another man in the lobby Tisch explained The gunman took the elevator to the rd floor to a real estate management company and one person was shot and killed on that floor He then walked down a hallway and shot himself the commissioner revealed What do we know about the gunman Police identified Shane Tamura of Las Vegas as the gunman Tamura had a documented mental medical history Tisch noted New York City Mayor Eric Adams disclosed Tuesday that Tamura was trying to target the headquarters of the National Football League but took the wrong elevator Investigators believe he was trying to get to the NFL offices but accidentally entered the wrong set of elevator banks Adams mentioned Police reported a note detected on Tamura s body suggested he had a grievance against the NFL over an unsubstantiated claim that he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy He had played football in high school in California nearly two decades ago The note which referenced the NFL claimed Tamura had been suffering from CTE and disclosed his brain should be studied after he died two people familiar with the matter communicated The Associated Press The degenerative brain ailment has been linked to concussions and other repeated head trauma common in contact sports like football A motive has not been determined but based on the note investigators were looking into whether he might ve targeted the building because it is home to the NFL s headquarters One challenge for the analysis is that Tamura arrived in New York shortly before the shooting leaving scant clues in the area Adams disclosed Tamura s carriage had traveled across the U S through Colorado on July and then Nebraska and Iowa on July It arrived in Columbia New Jersey as in recent weeks as Monday afternoon before making it to New York City Tisch reported Officers revealed a rifle episode a revolver magazines and ammunition in his car she reported No one answered the door at the address listed for Tamura in Las Vegas Who were the casualties Didarul Islam had served as a police officer in New York City for years He was an immigrant from Bangladesh Islam was married and had two young boys Tisch mentioned His wife is pregnant with their third child Related Articles How US adults are using AI according to polling US consumer confidence improves slightly in July but Americans remain concerned about tariffs US job openings fell to million last month as job domain continues to cool P G to increase prices in part due to tariffs as shoppers remain cautious and delay purchases Millionaires multiply across the US but the bulk find it s not all mansions and champagne His body was draped in the New York Police Department flag as it was moved from the hospital to an ambulance with fellow officers standing at attention In a post on social media Adams disclosed he ordered all flags on city buildings to be lowered to half-staff until further notice to honor the fallen officer and the other shooting sufferers Blackstone validated one of its employees Wesley LePatner was among those killed Words cannot express the devastation we feel the firm explained in a report Wesley was a beloved member of the Blackstone family and will be sorely missed She was brilliant passionate warm generous and deeply respected within our firm and beyond A Yale graduate LePatner was a real estate executive at Blackstone according to the firm s website and spent more than a decade at Goldman Sachs before joining the firm in The names of the other casualties have not yet been issued NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell explained in a memo to staff that a league employee was seriously injured in the attack and was hospitalized in stable condition He reported that all of our employees are otherwise safe and accounted for Where did the shooting happen The shooting took place in a busy area of midtown at Park Avenue a commercial office building on one the nation s largest part recognized streets near Grand Central Terminal Rockefeller Center and St Patrick s Cathedral It s also less than a -minute walk from where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed last December by a man who prosecutors say was angry over corporate greed and Monday s attack could bring further attention to assurance in the business world The building houses offices for companies including the NFL and real estate company Rudin as well as finance companies KPMG and Blackstone It also includes the consulate general of Ireland