{"id":2468170,"date":"2025-07-29T11:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disturbing-note-found-in-manhattan-shooters-pocket-hints-at-motive\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:37:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:37:49","slug":"disturbing-note-found-in-manhattan-shooters-pocket-hints-at-motive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disturbing-note-found-in-manhattan-shooters-pocket-hints-at-motive\/","title":{"rendered":"Disturbing Note Found in Manhattan Shooter&#8217;s Pocket Hints at Motive"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisturbing-note-found-in-manhattan-shooters-pocket-hints-at-motive%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2468170&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Monday night in Manhattan, Shane Devon Tamura, 27, killed at least four people, including an NYPD officer, before taking his own life. Tamura left a suicide note linking his actions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brain-of-fmr-nfl-player-who-killed-5-to-be-examined-for-cte\/\" title=\"... of fmr ... player who ... 5 to be examined for ...\">chronic traumatic encephalopathy<\/a> (CTE), a brain disease caused by repeated head injuries often seen in football players. In the note, he referenced former NFL player Terry long, who also suffered from CTE and died by suicide. Tamura expressed anger toward the NFL, whose offices were located in the building he targeted. New York City officials indicated the shooting appeared to be aimed at NFL employees, though Tamura may have accessed the wrong elevator. Tamura, who had a history of mental health issues and had driven from Las Vegas to New York, was described by a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-roundup-brewers-kolten-wong-swats-3-hrs-vs-reds\/\" title=\"MLB roundup: Brewers\u2019 Kolten Wong swats 3 HRs vs. Reds\">high school teammate<\/a> as a talented athlete who seemed to have lost his promising future. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >incident highlights ongoing concerns<\/a> about CTE&#8217;s impact on mental health and behavior.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The man who killed at least four people Monday night in Manhattan, including a New York City police officer, left behind a suicide note linking his mental health issues to head injuries sustained while playing football.<\/p>\n<p>The note said Shane Devon Tamura, 27, suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/nyc-manhattan-shooting-shane-tamura-07-29-25#cmdoddu3k00003b6n23yh4kva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>. Tamura sprayed bullets around a Manhattan office building Monday, killing Didarul Islam, an NYPD officer. Three other people were killed, and one shooting victim was in critical condition as of Tuesday morning; Tamura later killed himself.<\/p>\n<p>CTE is a brain disease that is associated with multiple, repeated blows to the head. It has become a source of concern for NFL players in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Terry Long football gave me CTE and it caused me to drink a gallon of antifreeze,&rdquo; the three-page note found in one of Tamura&rsquo;s back pockets said. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t go against the NFL, they&rsquo;ll squash you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Long committed suicide in 2005 by drinking antifreeze, He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and had been diagnosed with CTE.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Study my brain please I&rsquo;m sorry Tell Rick I&rsquo;m sorry for everything,&rdquo; the note said.<\/p>\n<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that he believed the offices of the NFL, which were in the building Tamura attacked, were the gunman&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anti-cop-nyc-mass-shooter-may-just-ended-zohran-mamdanis-political-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">target<\/a>, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/29\/us-news\/nyc-gunman-shane-tamura-reportedly-found-with-note-hinting-at-possible-motive-for-park-ave-skyscraper-shooting-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It appears as though he was going after the employees of the NFL,&rdquo; Adams said.<\/p>\n<p>He said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-reports-active-shooter-nyc-screamed-free-palestine-nypd-officers-hit-developing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tamura<\/a> &ldquo;mistakenly went up the wrong elevator banks&rdquo; at the Manhattan building.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re still going through the suicide note to zero on in the exact reason but at this time, it appears as if it&rsquo;s something attached to his belief he experienced CTE from the NFL,&rdquo; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Caleb Clarke played high school football with Tamura in 2015, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/live-blog\/new-york-city-shooting-rcna221618\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You never would have thought violence was something you&rsquo;d associate with him,&rdquo; Clarke said. &ldquo;Everything he said was a joke.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tamura was a star, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think he walked around to be like, &lsquo;Oh, I&rsquo;ll have NFL games one day,&#8217;&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I think it was more of everybody just telling him how great he was. He was the fastest kid I&rsquo;d ever met, full hands-down. And then, after high school, you know, didn&rsquo;t see from him that much and didn&rsquo;t hear from him that much, because he wasn&rsquo;t on the field.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The only thing I can really think of is there was a point where it looked like the sky was the limit, and then it wasn&rsquo;t anymore.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Shane Tamura had a manifesto.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, he discussed the CTE he suffered from football and asked for his brain to be studied.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL was located in the building where he attacked.<\/p>\n<p>It was clear that Tamura had no plans of leaving there alive.<\/p>\n<p>As a football Mama, CTE is&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PhYsvAzPDC\">pic.twitter.com\/PhYsvAzPDC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer Coffindaffer (@CoffindafferFBI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoffindafferFBI\/status\/1950161344654676469?\">July 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Tamura <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nfl-captain-unexpectedly-retires-age-29\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drove across<\/a> the country from his Las Vegas home, arriving in New York City on Monday afternoon, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/local\/local-las-vegas\/nyc-shooter-a-las-vegas-man-had-history-of-mental-health-issues-officials-say-3404392\/?utm_campaign=widget&amp;utm_medium=section_row&amp;utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_term=NYC%20shooter%2C%20a%20Las%20Vegas%20man%2C%20had%20history%20of%20mental%20health%20issues%2C%20officials%20say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She said he had mental health issues but did not elaborate.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The note revealed that 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), CNN reported. Tamura opened fire in a Manhattan office building, killing Officer Didarul Islam and three others; one victim remained in critical condition Tuesday morning. Tamura later took his own life. CTE is a brain disease linked to repeated head trauma and has raised concerns among NFL players recently. In the three-page note found on him, Tamura wrote that football caused his CTE and led him to drink antifreeze, referencing Terry Long-a former Pittsburgh Steelers player diagnosed with CTE who died by suicide using antifreeze in 2005<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2468171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Shooter.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36505,60171,51050,60137,60172],"class_list":["post-2468170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-crime-investigation","tag-disturbing-note","tag-law-enforcement-2","tag-manhattan-shooting","tag-shooter-motive"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Shooter.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2468170"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2468174,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468170\/revisions\/2468174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2468171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2468170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2468170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2468170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}