{"id":2468365,"date":"2025-07-29T17:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T21:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-shooter-missed-his-intended-target-because-he-took-the-wrong-elevator-eric-adams-says\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:22:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T21:22:49","slug":"nyc-shooter-missed-his-intended-target-because-he-took-the-wrong-elevator-eric-adams-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-shooter-missed-his-intended-target-because-he-took-the-wrong-elevator-eric-adams-says\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Shooter Missed His Intended Target Because He Took the Wrong Elevator, Eric Adams Says"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fnyc-shooter-missed-his-intended-target-because-he-took-the-wrong-elevator-eric-adams-says%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=2468365&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 Tuesday, New York City Mayor eric Adams revealed that the gunman who killed four peopel, including an off-duty NYPD officer, targeted the NFL headquarters located at 345 Park Avenue but mistakenly took the wrong elevator. The shooter, identified as 27-year-old Shane Tamura from Las Vegas, drove across the country to the Midtown Manhattan building that also houses companies like Blackstone and KPMG. Tamura, who suffered from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-year-old-girl-pepper-sprayed-during-interaction-with-rochester-police\/\" title=\"9-Year-Old Girl Pepper Sprayed During Interaction With Rochester Police\">mental health issues<\/a> and falsely believed he had played in the NFL and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >developed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brain-of-fmr-nfl-player-who-killed-5-to-be-examined-for-cte\/\" title=\"Brain of fmr ... player who ... 5 to be examined for CTE\">chronic traumatic encephalopathy<\/a><\/a> (CTE), opened fire in the lobby with an M4 rifle before killing himself on the 33rd floor-an area not occupied by the NFL but by Rudin Management, where additional victims were killed.<\/p>\n<p>A suicide note found in Tamura&#8217;s car referenced his alleged NFL career and CTE,despite never having played professionally. The security officer in the lobby was shot before he could activate the elevator lockdown. Among the victims were off-duty Officer Didarul Islam, an employee from Blackstone named Wesley LePatner, and a security officer named Aland etienne. NFL Commissioner roger Goodell confirmed that one NFL employee was seriously injured but is currently in stable condition. Mayor Adams emphasized the shooter&#8217;s confusion and tragic errors in the attack.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams stated Tuesday that the gunman who killed four people, including an NYPD officer, intended to target the NFL offices that were in the building, but he took the wrong elevator.<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas, Nevada, resident Shane Tamura, 27, drove across the country to the Midtown Manhattan office building at 345 Park Avenue that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-reports-active-shooter-nyc-screamed-free-palestine-nypd-officers-hit-developing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">houses the NFL<\/a>, Blackstone, and the accounting firm KPMG, among others, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/nyc-shooting-midtown-manhattan-nfl-targeted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He double-parked his BMW then proceeded into the building, where he shot off-duty NYPD Officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/manhattan-shooting-update-powerful-ceo-among-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Didarul Islam<\/a> and others in the lobby with an M4 rifle before taking an elevator to the 33rd floor of the high-rise and killing himself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NYC gunman ID&rsquo;d as Shane Tamura after deadly shooting that killed NYPD officer <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vVFPF2REvB\">https:\/\/t.co\/vVFPF2REvB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R91zFqu1Wu\">pic.twitter.com\/R91zFqu1Wu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1949993546099966395?\">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> <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\")); 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\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>Adams told Fox affiliate WNYW on Tuesday that Tamura, who apparently suffered from mental health issues, was under the false belief that he had played in the NFL. He had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-lets-manti-teos-catfishing-abuser-off-the-hook-because-hes-transgender\/\" title=\"Netflix Lets Manti Te\u2019o\u2019s Catfishing Abuser Off The Hook Because He\u2019s Transgender\">played high school football<\/a> in California.<\/p>\n<p>Further, as a result of his time playing in the league, Tamura believed that he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disturbing-note-found-manhattan-shooters-pocket-hints-motive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suicide note<\/a> that police found in his car, Adams recounted that the shooter &ldquo;alluded to having CTE from playing in the NFL. He never played in the NFL.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It appears as though he was going after the employees at the NFL,&rdquo; he explained.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">HE WAS TARGETING NFL: Mayor Eric Adams says the Midtown Manhattan shooter was targeting NFL HQ at 345 Park Avenue but took the wrong elevator. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FMj1LdlU6Z\">pic.twitter.com\/FMj1LdlU6Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1950191522055356516?\">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>Fox &ldquo;Good Day New York&rdquo; host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Bowens<\/a> pointed out that Tamura ended up on the 33rd floor, which is not where the NFL offices are located.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Does it appear he got lost in the building? Was he trying to get there? Did he just go the wrong way?&rdquo; he asked Adams.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are two different elevator banks,&rdquo; the mayor answered.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He took the wrong elevator bank up to the NFL headquarters. Instead, it took him to Rudin Management, and that is where he carried out additional shootings and took the lives of additional employees,&rdquo; Adams explained, per CBS.<\/p>\n<p>Rudin released a statement confirming that one of its employees was killed.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, a security officer, identified as Aland Etienne, was also killed in the attack, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Last night, we stood shoulder to shoulder for the dignified transfer of Police Officer Didarul Islam.<\/p>\n<p>A husband, a father, a son. He leaves behind a city in grief.<\/p>\n<p>Officer Islam died as he lived: a hero. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lhO8AnfT4O\">pic.twitter.com\/lhO8AnfT4O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPDnews\/status\/1950191985660158427?\">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>Further, Blaskstone confirmed that one of its employees, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/manhattan-shooting-update-powerful-ceo-among-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wesley LePatner<\/a>, was among the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Adams told CBS that high-rise office buildings often have a button that security guards can use to freeze the elevators, but the security guard in the lobby was shot before he could push it.<\/p>\n<p>NFL Commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/roger-goodell-discusses-how-he-wants-to-change-the-nfl-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roger Goodell<\/a> wrote in a company-wide  that an NFL employee was seriously wounded during the shooting and was in the hospital in stable condition.<\/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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Shane Tamura, 27, from Las Vegas, Nevada, drove across the country to the Midtown Manhattan office tower at 345 Park Avenue-which houses the NFL, Blackstone, and KPMG among others. 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