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The gunman who stormed a high -rise building in the heart of New York City on Monday night tried to target the NFL’s headquarters, but took the wrong elevator bank, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday.
Adams appeared on Fox 5 Ny’s “Good Day New York” and said the gunman, identified as Shane Tamura, accidentally entered the wrong elevator banks. He said he was walking on the floor where Rudin Management was located.
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A shared photo showing Shane Tamura as a football player in high school next to security footage. (Pakinomist; New Post)
“It is unfortunate that these days and times active shooter exercises are taking place across the country, and the Rudin management did their job to clearly have the active shooting games, and the staff who were in the building were able to take advantage of some of the safe rooms, and I think it played a big role in saving some of the staff,” he said.
Adams added that the gunman was referring to having suffered chronically traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and that he had a complaint against the NFL.
“He seemed to have blamed the NFL,” said the mayor. “The NFL headquarters were located in the building and he mistakenly went up the wrong elevator bank.”
Adams said investigators reviewed “suicide note” as the gunman left.
The New York Post first reported the notion of a “suicide note” found near his body on the 33rd floor. Pakinomist Digital reached out to NYPD and NFL for comment.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference at City Hall on December 12, 2023 in New York. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie, File)
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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 are located in the same building where Tamura had killed several 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.
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.”
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)
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)
“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.”
Goodell added to be aware of all messages with emergency information as the situation remained fluid.
