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Investigators Probe CTE Link in Midtown Manhattan Rampage as Firms Overhaul Security Protocols

Corporate tenants are conducting tailored risk assessments to strengthen active-shooter protocols following the breach of fortified security at 345 Park Avenue.

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Overview

  • Medical examiners will analyze Tamura’s brain tissue to confirm whether chronic traumatic encephalopathy influenced his motive
  • Police found 47 spent casings at 345 Park Avenue and uncovered more than 800 additional rounds and a .357-caliber pistol in Tamura’s BMW
  • Tamura evaded layered security—locked turnstiles, off-duty NYPD officers and reinforced safe rooms—before killing four people in Rudin Management’s 33rd-floor offices
  • Julia Hyman, a 27-year-old Rudin associate, was shot after briefly leaving a fortified panic room, highlighting risks in emergency shelter designs
  • Security consultants and tenants are implementing tailored risk assessments and simple “Run, Hide, Fight” drills to bolster office preparedness