What to know about the deadly Manhattan shooting and suspected gunman
on the evening of Monday, July 28, 2025, a deadly shooting occurred in midtown Manhattan, New York City, resulting in four fatalities, including an NYPD officer, and injuries to several others. The suspected gunman was identified as 27-year-old Shane Tamura from Las Vegas, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Tamura used an M4 rifle during the attack and carried out the shooting inside a 634-foot building on 345 Park Avenue, which houses offices of major organizations, including the NFL headquarters.
Reports indicate Tamura targeted the NFL, allegedly motivated by grievances found in a handwritten note and possibly affected by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain disease linked to repeated concussions in contact sports. Before ascending in the elevator, he allowed a woman to pass and mistakenly took the wrong elevator, ultimately ending his own life on the 33rd floor.
Among the victims was an off-duty NYPD officer, Didarul Islam, who was working security and was killed in the line of duty. Officials including New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul strongly condemned the violence; Hochul called for a national ban on military-style weapons.
The investigation is ongoing, with assistance from the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office. Authorities have secured Tamura’s vehicle, which contained firearms, ammunition, and othre items, but no explosives.The city mourns the loss and seeks answers regarding the motive and circumstances surrounding the attack.
What to know about the deadly midtown Manhattan shooting and suspected gunman
Authorities identified the shooter suspected of killing four people and himself in the deadly midtown Manhattan shooting on Monday evening as Shane Tamura, a 27-year-old male from Las Vegas.
Tamura, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, was found on the 33rd floor of a 634-foot building at 345 Park Ave. in New York City after fatally shooting four people, including one officer, and injuring another person. He used an M4 rifle in the attack.
The New York City Police Department responded to active shooter reports around 6:28 p.m., according to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. Surveillance footage showed the lone shooter exiting his black BMW and walking toward the entrance of a building that contained offices for the NFL, Blackstone, and other corporate businesses.
While police have not yet revealed a motive amid the investigation, Tamura reportedly targeted the NFL after a handwritten note revealing his grievances toward the sports organization was found on his body. He allegedly suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated concussions in athletes in high-contact sports.
Tamura played football at a Southern California high school.
Upon entering the Manhattan skyscraper, he immediately opened fire on bystanders in the lobby. Tisch said before he went up in the elevator, Tamura let a woman walk past him. He proceeded to the 33rd floor but discovered he had taken the wrong elevator. Instead of making his way to the NFL headquarters, the elevator took him to Rudin Management, where he killed himself.
Tisch noted the preliminary details are subject to change as the investigation continues.
The sole surviving victim who was seriously injured was an NFL employee, according to a memo from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The injured employee remains in the hospital. At least four other victims sustained minor injuries as they frantically fled the shooting.
An off-duty NYPD officer named Didarul Islam, 36, was working a security job in the building at the time of the attack. He worked for the NYPD for over four years.
Islam “was doing the job that we asked him to do,” Tisch said at a press conference late Monday. “He put himself in harm’s way. He made the ultimate sacrifice, shot in cold blood, wearing a uniform that stood for the promise he made to this city. He died as he lived, a hero.”
Islam left behind his two sons and wife, who was pregnant with their third child.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other officials condemned the act of violence and expressed their sympathies to the deceased victims and their families. President Donald Trump, who is wrapping up a trip to Scotland, confirmed he had been briefed on the situation Tuesday morning.
“I have been briefed on the tragic shooting that took place in Manhattan, a place that I know and love,” he wrote on Truth Social. “I trust our Law Enforcement Agencies to get to the bottom of why this crazed lunatic committed such a senseless act of violence. My heart is with the families of the four people who were killed, including the NYPD Officer, who made the ultimate sacrifice. God Bless the New York Police Department, and God Bless New York!”
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) pushed for a nationwide ban on military-style weapons in response to the shooting that Congress could pass.
“The time to act is now. The American people are tired of thoughts and prayers. They deserve action,” she said on Tuesday. “Congress must summon the courage to stand up to the gun lobby and finally pass a national assault weapons ban before more innocent lives are stolen.”
After the incident, the NYPD evacuated the building and searched Tamura’s car, which he used to drive cross-country from Nevada to New York. Among the items found in the vehicle were a rifle case with rounds, a loaded revolver, ammunition and magazines, a backpack, and medication, according to police. No explosives were uncovered in the car by the bomb squad.
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“There are still many questions that we have to answer, and we will answer them,” Tisch said. “But for now, our city is in mourning for the innocent lives lost. May their memories be a blessing.”
The FBI New York field office and a team from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York assisted investigators at the crime scene Monday night.
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