Gunman who killed 4 at Manhattan office building was targeting NFL headquarters, mayor says

NEW YORK AP New York City Mayor Eric Adams mentioned Tuesday that a gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building was trying to target the headquarters of the National Football League but took the wrong elevator Investigators believe Shane Tamura was trying to get to the NFL offices after shooting several people in the building s lobby but accidentally entered the wrong set of elevator banks Adams announced in interviews on Tuesday Four people including an off-duty New York City police officer were killed Police commented Tamura had a history of mental illness and a rambling note discovered on his body suggested he had a grievance against the NFL over an unsubstantiated claim that he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy He had played football in high school in California nearly two decades ago The note claimed he had been suffering from CTE the degenerative brain ailment that has been linked to concussions and other repeated head trauma common in contact sports like football and disclosed his brain should be studied after he died a person familiar with the matter explained The Associated Press It also specifically referenced the National Football League the person revealed A motive has not been determined but investigators were looking into based on the note whether he might ve specifically targeted the building because it is home to the NFL s headquarters The shooting took place at a skyscraper that is home to the headquarters of both the NFL and Blackstone one of the world s largest financing firms as well as other tenants A message sent to Blackstone employees and obtained by The Associated Press revealed a staff member at the private equity firm was killed in Monday s shooting but their identity was not instantly disclosed Surveillance video established the man exiting a double-parked BMW just before p m carrying an M rifle then marching across a citizens plaza into the building Then he started firing Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch noted killing a police officer working a corporate shield detail and then hitting a woman who tried to take cover as he sprayed the lobby with gunfire The man then made his way to the elevator bank and shot a guard at a measure desk and shot another man in the lobby the commissioner noted The man took the elevator to the rd floor offices of the company that owned the building Rudin Management and shot and killed one person on that floor The man then shot himself the commissioner commented The building Park Avenue also holds offices of the financial services firm KPMG The officer killed was Didarul Islam an immigrant from Bangladesh who had served as a police officer in New York City for years Tisch declared at a news conference He was doing the job that we solicited him to do He put himself in harm s way He made the ultimate sacrifice Tisch reported He died as he lived A hero