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The shooter, who stormed a high -rise building in the heart of New York City on Monday night, allegedly had a complaint with the NFL.
Shane Tamura, who was identified as the man who killed several people, including a NYPD officer in rampage at 345 Park Ave in Midtown Manhattan, quoted the NFL in a note left near his body on the 33rd floor of the building after he died of suicide, the New York Post reported.
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A shared photo showing Shane Tamura as a football player in high school next to security footage. (Pakinomist; New Post)
27-year-old Nevada resident blamed the football sport of apparent problems with chronically traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a side effect from repeated hits to the head, reported the sales, referring to the law enforcement sources.
Pakinomist Digital reached out to NYPD and NFL for comment.
Tamura was a footballer in high school at Granada Hills Charter in Granada Hills, California, located about 25 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
NFL’s headquarters were located in the same building where Tamura had killed five people and left several others wounded. The league’s officers are on the fifth floor.
NYC -Politics Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Tamura had a history of mental health problems.
Tisch said Tamura traveled cross -country skiing, where his vehicle was last seen in Columbia, New Jersey as late as 16.24 one. It wasn’t long before he released a barrier of firearms in the high -rise building.
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A police investigator in New York is leaving his vehicle on site outside an office building in Manhattan, where two people were shot including a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell sent a message obtained by Pakinomist Digital, to all league employees who announced the traumatic event. An NFL employee was “seriously injured.”
“As has been reported to a large extent, a gunman committed an indescribable act of violence in our 345 Park Avenue building. One of our employees was seriously injured in this attack,” read the message. “He is currently in the hospital and in stable state. NFL staff are in the hospital and we support his family.
“We think all our employees are otherwise safe and explained and the building has almost been cleared.”
The ambulance bearing the body of Didarul Islam leaves Newyork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital during the worthy transfer of the slain officer shot and killed by a gunman on Monday night, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Goodell added to be aware of all messages with emergency information as the situation remained fluid.
