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Associated Press
Jul 30, 2025, 04:06 PM ET
NEW YORK -- A antheral who killed 4 radical astatine a Manhattan bureau gathering bought the firearm helium utilized successful the onslaught and the car helium drove crossed state from his supervisor astatine a Las Vegas casino, authorities said Wednesday.
Shane Tamura, 27, fatally changeable 3 radical successful the lobby of the gathering that houses the National Football League's office connected Monday earlier taking an elevator to the 33rd level and sidesplitting idiosyncratic other earlier ending his ain life, according to police. In a enactment recovered connected his body, helium claimed to person chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known astatine CTE, and accused the NFL of hiding the dangers of encephalon injures linked to interaction sports.
Tamura's supervisor astatine the Horseshoe Las Vegas legally bought the AR-15-style firearm helium sold to Tamura for $1,400, the New York Police Department said Wednesday. On Tuesday, constabulary mistakenly said the supervisor had supplied lone parts of the firearm utilized successful the attack, including the weapon's little receiver. Tamura, who played precocious schoolhouse shot but ne'er played successful the NFL, worked successful the surveillance section astatine the casino.
It wasn't instantly wide if the weapon merchantability was legal. Tamura had a past of intelligence illness, constabulary said, without going into detail. In September 2023, helium was arrested connected a misdemeanor trespassing complaint astatine a suburban Las Vegas casino aft being told to permission erstwhile helium became agitated with information and different employees who asked him for his ID. Prosecutors aboriginal dismissed the case.
The supervisor who sold Tamura the firearm hasn't been charged with immoderate crimes, said police. Authorities haven't released the supervisor's name, but they said he's the idiosyncratic Tamura apologized to successful the enactment recovered successful Tamura's wallet aft helium killed himself.
During a hunt of Tamura's workplace flat successful Las Vegas, investigators recovered psychiatric medicine and a termination enactment successful which helium said helium felt his parents were disappointed successful him and apologized to his mother, constabulary said. Investigators besides recovered anti-epileptic and anti-inflammatory medications, a tripod, a azygous firearm round, a container for the revolver recovered successful Tamura's car successful New York, and astir 100 9mm rounds for the revolver.
New York City detectives remained successful Las Vegas connected Wednesday, authorities said. They person a warrant to hunt his Horseshoe casino locker, and were awaiting warrants to hunt his telephone and laptop. They besides planned to talk to his parents, officials said.
Family and friends of the victims, meanwhile, continued to explicit their grief and retrieve their loved ones connected Wednesday.
Killed successful the onslaught were New York City constabulary serviceman Didarul Islam, who was guarding the gathering connected a paid information job; unarmed information defender Aland Etienne, who helped power entree to the precocious floors; Wesley LePatner, a existent property enforcement astatine the concern steadfast Blackstone, which occupies overmuch of the building; and Julia Hyman, an subordinate astatine Rudin Management. An NFL worker who was severely wounded successful the onslaught is expected to live.
A ceremonial for Hyman, 27, was held astatine Central Synagogue successful midtown Manhattan connected Wednesday, with her burial pursuing connected Long Island. A talker astatine the work said mourners were agreed successful sorrow and bewilderment.
Islam's ceremonial is scheduled for Thursday.
