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Five Killed in Midtown Manhattan Tower Shooting as Philadelphia Probes Six Weekend Gun Attacks

Authorities in New York have secured the office tower, probing a note alleging the shooter’s CTE grievances against the NFL; Philadelphia officials are investigating six weekend shootings with no arrests made.

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Overview

  • The gunman in Midtown Manhattan was identified as 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura of Las Vegas, who died by a self-inflicted wound after opening fire in the lobby and on the 33rd floor of 345 Park Avenue.
  • Five people were killed in the Manhattan attack—including off-duty NYPD Officer Didarul Islam—and one civilian, an NFL employee, was critically injured but remains in stable condition at a hospital.
  • NYPD and FBI agents have contained the building, are reviewing surveillance footage and witness accounts, and examining a handwritten note in which the shooter cites chronic traumatic encephalopathy and grievances against the NFL.
  • Philadelphia Police Department is investigating six shootings over the weekend that killed two people and wounded eight, including a 7-year-old girl who was grazed by a bullet.
  • With no arrests in the Philadelphia incidents and motives still unclear in both cities, officials and community leaders are renewing calls for expanded mental-health services and gun-violence prevention programs.