At least five people have died After an individual armed with an M4 rifle entered a New York skyscraper on Monday night and began to shoot, killing four people-including a police officer-and seriously hurting another before suicide.
“We have lost four lives in Another meaningless act of armed violenceincluding the agent (Didarul) Islammember of the New York City Police Department, “announced the mayor of the city, Eric Adamsin reference to the victims of the shooter, who also include two men and a woman who died and another “seriously injured” man.
Also, Adams has given its condolences to the families of the victims and stressed that “this horrible crime It reminds us all of how easy it is to access a weapon. “” armed violence He has marked many neighbors and has destroyed too many families throughout the country, and we will continue to fight to do everything possible to protect our city, “he added.
The facts began when a man, captured in the surveillance cameras, left a black BMW parked in double row near the 345 entrance of Park Avenue With an M4 rifle in the right hand, as the New York Police Commissioner has narrated, Jessica table. The shooter entered the hall “opening fire immediately” against the deceased agent, after which he shot another woman, a man and a security guard.
Then the shooter took the elevator, letting another woman leave him, to go to the 33rd floor, where the real estate company is located Rudin Managementas detailed by the police leader. Already there, travel the halls shooting while advancing and hurts a person, who dies in that plant. “Then, he goes to the hall and shoots in the chest,” Tisch narrated.
The commissioner has identified as suspect Shane Tamuraa 27 -year -old man with domicile in Las Vegas and in whose vehicle the police have found “a rifle case with bullets, a loaded revolver, ammunition and loaders, a backpack and medications prescribed to Tamura”, which would have traveled the more than 4,000 kilometers from its state in the last two days.
“His reasons are still being investigated and we are trying to understand why he chose this particular place”explained the head of the police force, mentioning that, according to Las Vegas authorities, the suspect “had documented mental health history.” “We believe that it is a single shooter and that there is no longer an active threat to the public,” he said.
Tisch also added that the injured man is in critical, but stable, and there are also “Four other victims who are being treated for minor injuries suffered when trying to flee from the place.” At the same time, he remembered the Islam agent, who “was 36 years old and had been in the body for four years.” “He was married and had two young children, and his wife is pregnant with his third son,” he detailed, ensuring that “she died as she lived, like a hero.”
