Read what you know about the shooter who killed 4 in New York

Four people (28.Jul.2025) in a New York commercial building, which houses NFL headquarters (National Football League), the main football league. According to US authorities, in addition to the 4 victims, the shooter also died on the spot.

The shooter was identified as 27 -year -old Shane Devon Tamura. He would have killed himself. According to CNN, Tamura carried a suicide ticket in his pocket, saying he suffered from CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) – sickness related to head trauma – and requesting his brain to be examined. He was a competitive football player in his youth.

What is known about the attack in New York, according to:

• The shooter was identified as 27 -year -old Shane Devon Tamura. Tamura was a competitive football player in his youth. He lived in Las Vegas and would have crossed the country driving, before arriving in the city of New York (USA) on Monday (28.Jul);
• According to police, the shooter wore a bulletproof vest and carried a rifle when he opened fire inside the commercial building at Park Avenue, one of Manhattan’s busiest avenues in New York;
• Camera images show that the shooter entered the building around 19h (Brasília time), exchanged fire with an agent and climbed to the 33rd floor;
• Authorities said the shooter acted alone and that he would have committed suicide on the spot;
• By searching the Tamura car, police found a loaded revolver, a rifle case, ammunition, porters, a backpack and prescribed medicines. No explosive was found;
• Tamura had license to carry a gun in the state of Nevada;
• One of the victims is the 36 -year -old Didarul Islam, who was off at the time he was shot and worked as security in the building where he was shot. He served at the 47th New York Police Department Police Station in Bronx for 3 and a half years, New York mayor Eric Adams said in an interview with journalists. He had 2 young children and his wife is pregnant with the 3rd son;
• Another victim is an NFL employee whose identity has not yet been released. According to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, he was “Severely injured”but is hospitalized and stable;
• Roles found in the shooter’s body indicate that he was a critic of the way NFL dealt with the numerous cases of CTE. The degenerative disease in the brain that affects people who have suffered followed by heads and has been observed in former boxers of boxing and football.