“Study my brain.” Shooter killed 4 people in New York skyscrapers

A police and three civilians among the deadly victims. Suspect conducted from Las Vegas to the busy skyscrapers of New York. In the suicide ticket, he blamed disease strongly associated with NFL and football.

A gunman opened fire in a commercial building in Manhattanin the city of New York, killing a police officer and at least three civilians this Monday.

The New York Police Department reported that the suspect also diedafter shooting itself, and that a sixth person is seriously injured.

How it all happened

According to the police chief Jessica Tisch, the 911 Emergency Service Call Center began to receive calls to report a shooting during the end hour in a busy city.

Images captured by video surveillance chambers show the suspect, moments before the shooting, to park the car in the second row in the Park Avenuein front of the building. He left the vehicle and went to the entrance of the building to wield a shotgun.

Already in the building of the building, the man immediately opened fire against the service police. Then he fired on a woman trying to hide behind a column. He continued to shoot the hallway, reaching a security guard looking for shelter behind a counter. The three died. Still in the atrium, the suspect shot another man who, although hospitalized in critical condition, eventually identified him as the aggressor.

Then the suspect called the elevator, allowed a woman to pass, unharmed, and climbed the 33rd floor, where he made his last victim. Then he walked down a corridor and took his own life.

Former football player asks: “Study my brain”

The target, the skyscraper, houses some of the country’s leading financial companies, including the Blackstone investment funds giant, the KPMG auditor, and the headquarters of the National Football League (NFL), the main football league that has been the main target of, the main target of Shane Tamura27, born in Nevada.

At a press conference, the mayor of New York, Eric Adams, said authorities are still “unraveling” what happened and if there were others’ involvement.

The police chief also stated, during the press conference, that the suspect had “documented history of Mental Health Problems“But that the motivation of the attack is still unknown.

“We are trying to understand why you chose this specific place,” Tisch said, referring to the tower where the attack occurred. The area where the shooting took place is popular with tourists and professionals on business trips. He added that police found in the suspect’s car a shotgun case, a revolver, porters and ammunition.

The shooter’s suicide ticket was found, and contained a request: “Study my brain, please. Sorry”quotes a. The suspect, former football player, also says that he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a Progressive neurodegenerative disease (etc)caused by repeated blows to the head and football.

“Act of meaningless violence”

According to Gun Violence Archive, an organization that collects, records and releases real -time data on armed violence in the United States, More than 250 shootings have already taken place in the country this year where four or more people were shot or killed.

It is estimated to circulate About 400 million firearms in the USAa higher number than the population. Easy access to weaponry is a recurring theme that has divided public opinion for years.

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul condemned the “act of meaningless violence” that took her life to “four New York, including one of the best New York has.”

“Our thoughts are with their loved ones and all affected by this tragedy, and we honor the rescuers who, with courage, rushed to danger,” Hochul wrote in X.

The favorite in the race for the presidency of the New York Chamber, Zohran Mamdani, said he was “broken” with the news of the “horrible shooting.”