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NYC Launches CTE Examination as Federal-State Investigation Intensifies

Governor Kathy Hochul has urged Congress to enact an assault weapons ban in the wake of the fatal Midtown attack.

Overview

  • Federal agents and U.S. prosecutors are scouring surveillance footage and travel records to trace the gunman’s cross‐country journey and weapon acquisitions.
  • The NYC medical examiner has begun postmortem analysis of the shooter’s brain to determine whether chronic traumatic encephalopathy played a role in the violence.
  • Officials are scrutinizing access controls and elevator assignments at 345 Park Avenue after the gunman mistakenly rode to the 33rd floor.
  • Governor Hochul ordered state flags at half-staff and renewed her call for a federal ban on military-style assault weapons.
  • NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has mandated heightened security at league headquarters and shifted staff to remote work through early August.