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NEW YORK CITY, (July 28, 2025) — A gunman has entered a high-rise building at 345 Park Avenue and shot at least three people on the 33rd floor. The gunman has reportedly committed suicide.

• Building houses Blackstone, NFL, Deutsche Bank
• Shooter barricaded on the 32nd floor
• One officer critically hurt so far
• At least one civilian critically injured
• Bomb squad and EMS dispatched immediately

As of 20:30ET there are at least 4 dead, including a police officer. Plus the shooter killed himself.

This is an active shooter developing story...

[shazrand]

I’m sorry, but the sign saying “coffee, bagels, and donuts” over the cop getting CPR has me dead

[houseoftechno]

Timeline:

6:30 PM EST: 911 reports: shots fired at 345 Park Ave. Shooter entered the building with an AR-style rifle. According to a witness in the lobby, he "just opened fire without a word." Total chaos, glass shattered, people running, some caught in stairwells or elevators. NYPD was on scene in 4 minutes.

7:15 PM: Building still not cleared. Shooter barricaded himself on the 33rd floor reportedly shot out the glass on that level and was yelling. Multiple NYPD ESU (Emergency Services Unit) teams deployed with FBI assist.

8:00 PM: Police confirmed shooter dead from a self-inflicted shot to the head. Body was found near a stairwell next to a rifle and multiple mags. No suicide note yet found.

Shooter Info:

• Shane Tamura, 27, from Las Vegas
• No criminal record
• Questioned in 2022 by Vegas police for suspicious gun range behavior and "making staff uncomfortable"
• He bought the AR legally. First gun bought in late 2023 after moving out of parents' house.
• Occupation: HVAC contractor but recently "vanished" and stopped talking to coworkers mid-June. Had been staying in a budget hotel in Queens for 5 days prior to the shooting.

Weapon Info:

• Palmetto State Armory PA-15 (AR-15)
• Multiple 30-round mags
• Some zip ties and what looked like flexcuffs found in backpack
• Shooter fired about 40 rounds

Victim Info:

• Tracy Kim, 41, KPMG accountant, killed in hallway trying to escape
• Nathaniel Cruz, 29, janitor, shot in stairwell
• Linda Watson, 52, NFL HR, shot at her desk
• Marcus DeMayo, 47, KPMG security manager, killed trying to assist others
• Robert L., shot and survived, in critical condition

[kellyhound]

Tamura played football at Grenada Hills Charter School in the city of L.A. in 2015 during his senior year, after transferring from a school in Santa Clarita, a city at the north end of Los Angeles County, a classmate said.

A former high school classmate of Shane Tamura, the suspected gunman in today's midtown Manhattan shooting, said he was filled with promise as an athlete 10 years ago but didn't seem to fulfill expectations in later years.

Caleb Clarke said Tamura transferred from a school in Santa Clarita, California, in northern Los Angeles County, to Grenada Hills Charter School in the city of Los Angeles, right before their senior year in 2015 during a hailed run as a fellow football player.

“He was the biggest goofball in the world, just a ton of energy, class clown," Clarke said tonight. "Just one of those guys, he’s got so much going for him. Just figure out the whole school thing, and he could be somebody great.”

Clarke indicated they lost touch but reconnected through social media recently as Tamura worked at a casino in Las Vegas. He was surprised his classmate was named as the shooter.

“You never would have thought violence was something you’d associate with him," Clarke said. "Everything he said was a joke."

Suspect's former classmate: 'The sky was the limit, and then it wasn't', continued
He said, however, that Tamura's fun-loving high school days may have given way to the harsher reality of becoming an adult.

“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’t anymore,” he said.

Tamura may have been destined for greatness as an athlete, but greatness never came. Joining the NFL as a pro seemed possible, Clarke said.

“I don’t think he walked around to be like, ‘Oh, I’ll have NFL games one day,'" he said. "I think it was more of everybody just telling him how great he was. He was the fastest kid I’d ever met, full hands-down. And then, after high school, you know, didn’t see from him that much and didn’t hear from him that much, because he wasn’t on the field."

The shooter drove across the country in recent days, arriving in New York City today, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch at a news conference tonight.

Investigators tracked Shane Tamura's BMW across the country starting Saturday, with points crossed in Nebraska, Iowa and New Jersey, she said, until it arrived in New York today. He double-parked near the high-rise that was the location of today's violence and walked in, she said.

In the car. investigators found prescription medicine along with a rifle case, magazines with ammunition and a loaded revolver, she said.

Tamura has a "documented" history of mental health issues, Tisch said. "Our partners in Las Vegas made us aware of a mental health history," she said.

It's not clear why he went to the high-rise and then went up to the 33rd-floor office of the real estate management firm Rudin Management, Tisch said.

"We are working to understand why he targeted this particular location," she said.

Just a goofball with an AR-15.


The NYPD officer killed in today’s shooting was identified as Didarul Islam, who emigrated to the United States from Bangladesh and whose wife is pregnant, officials said.

Islam was 36 years old and had been with the NYPD for 3½ years, Mayor Eric Adams said. He was assigned to the 47th Precinct in the Bronx.

Islam was married and had two young boys, and his wife is pregnant with a third child.

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NYPD released details of a suicide note on the gunman's body...

The NYC gunman 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura, left a suicide note in his pocket alleging that he suffered from CTE, a brain disease linked to head trauma. In the note, he asked that his brain be studied and wrote: “You can’t go against the NFL, they’ll squash you." Tamura shot himself in the chest.

The NFL headquarters is at the center of the investigation. That building is home to the corporate offices of the NFL. An NYPD source related that "the shooter had grievances with the league.” Tamura played high school football but was never employed by the NFL.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated trauma to the head. The encephalopathy symptoms can include behavioral problems, mood problems, and problems with thinking. The disease often gets worse over time and can result in dementia. Diagnosis can only be confirmed during autopsy and forensic examination of the brain tissue.

[Mr.NoCredit]

He should have gone to college on a scholarship if he was that good of a player. Apparently he wasn’t and then he died.

[zhazoo]

Are the pictures of the attached furniture real?! That's wild. Good thinking, I suppose.

[DiabeticEric]

Originally Posted by zhazoo ↗

Are the pictures of the attached furniture real?! That's wild. Good thinking, I suppose.

Yes, they're real. I forget which floor, but one of the others floors did this. Smart thinking on their part.

[Kinky_John]

He screwed up by shooting himself in the head, they can't test for CTE if the brain is mush.

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Originally Posted by Kinky_John ↗

He screwed up by shooting himself in the head, they can't test for CTE if the brain is mush.

Shot himself in the chest.