The gunman, Shane Tamura, who fatally shot 4 folks inside a Manhattan workplace tower had initially deliberate to focus on the Nationwide Soccer League’s headquarters however ended up within the incorrect location after taking the incorrect elevator, officers mentioned Tuesday. The probe additionally revealed he was carrying handwritten observe in his pockets blaming NFL for his psychological well being issues.
What did the observe say?
Tamura—a safety employee at a Las Vegas on line casino—was discovered carrying a handwritten observe in his pockets alleging he suffered from power traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
Within the three-page observe discovered on his physique, he accused the NFL of concealing the hazards to gamers’ brains for revenue. The degenerative mind illness has been linked to concussions and different repeated head trauma frequent in touch sports activities comparable to soccer.
Tamura’s observe repeatedly mentioned he was sorry and requested that his mind be studied for CTE. He talked about a PBS Frontline documentary in regards to the illness and referred to former NFL participant Terry Lengthy, who was identified with CTE, and the style by which Lengthy killed himself in 2005.
The attacker’s grievances with the NFL emerged as police labored to piece collectively his background and motivations, and as family members started to mourn the lifeless.
It is unclear whether or not Tamura confirmed signs of CTE, which might be identified solely by analyzing a mind after demise.
The NFL lengthy denied the hyperlink between soccer and CTE, but it surely acknowledged the connection in 2016 testimony earlier than Congress and has paid greater than $1.4 billion to retired gamers to settle concussion-related claims.
The taking pictures occurred at a skyscraper on Park Avenue, one of many nation’s most acknowledged streets, simply blocks from Grand Central Terminal and Rockefeller Heart. It’s lower than a 15-minute stroll from the place UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed final December by a person who prosecutors say was indignant over what he noticed as company greed.
Tamura, 27, sprayed the skyscraper’s lobby with bullets then shot one other individual in a Thirty third-floor workplace on Monday earlier than he killed himself, authorities mentioned. Amongst the dead have been a police officer, a safety guard and two individuals who labored at firms within the constructing. An NFL worker was badly wounded however survived.
Tamura, who performed highschool soccer in California a decade in the past however by no means performed within the NFL, had a historical past of psychological sickness, police mentioned with out giving particulars.
