Who is Shane Tamura? NYC shooting suspect, 27, who got an assault rifle despite ‘documented mental health history’
Suspected gunman Shane Tamura is accused of opening fire in a Midtown Manhattan office building in New York City on Monday evening, killing four people, including a New York police officer, before turning the gun on himself.
“I want to extend my profound sympathies to all of the victims and their families, and to the brave NYPD cops who today lost a brother,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a press conference on Monday evening.
“There are still many questions that we have to answer, and we will answer them. For now, our city is in mourning for the innocent lives lost. May their memories be a blessing.”
Here are the key details we know so far about the mass shooting.
At 6:28 p.m., police began getting calls from the skyscraper at 345 Park Avenue, home to the offices of the NFL, KPMG, and Blackstone, about an active shooter.
Security cameras captured Tamura, 27, double-parking a black BMW on the street outside the office tower and entering the building holding what was later determined to be an M4 assault rifle, Tisch said.
The 27-year-old, who had a Las Vegas, Nevada, address, proceeded to “immediately open fire” on the ground floor of the building, Tisch said at the press conference, striking NYPD officer Didarul Islam, 36, who later died of his injuries.
Police said Tamura continued firing, shooting at a security guard taking cover behind a desk and another man. The gunman is then accused of taking an elevator to the building’s 33rd floor, which houses the offices of Rudin Management.
Inside the office, police say Tamura continued firing, striking and killing another person, and then shooting himself in the chest.
Tamura is believed to have acted alone, and there is no longer a threat to the public, according to police.
Speaking on Tuesday morning, New York Mayor Eric Adams said Tamura was targeting the NFL’s offices but took the wrong elevator.
“He seemed to have blamed the NFL,” the mayor said. “The NFL headquarters was located in the building, and he mistakenly went up the wrong elevator bank.”
Police believe Tamura, a 27-year-old Las Vegas man, acted alone in the shooting.
The suspect was a native of Hawaii and was raised in Santa Clarita, California, where he was a standout running back at Granada Hills Charter High School.
