President Trump mourned the loss of four people who were gunned down Monday night by a madman who stormed a sprawling office building in Midtown and opened fire, striking five people.
“I have been briefed on the tragic shooting that took place in Manhattan, a place that I know and love,” Trump said on Truth Social Tuesday morning.
President Trump paid tribute to the victims of the NYC Midtown shooting on Tuesday. AP“I trust our Law Enforcement Agencies to get to the bottom of why this crazed lunatic committed such a senseless act of violence. My heart is with the families of the four people who were killed, including the NYPD Officer, who made the ultimate sacrifice.”
Authorities have identified Shane Tamura, 27, as the shooter who killed NYPD officer Didarul Islam, 36, and three other people during the deadly rampage. Additionally, another victim described as an NFL employee was “seriously injured” but is now believed to be in stable condition.
Tamura, who came from Las Vegas, had driven across the country to carry out the massacre. Tamura died from a self-inflicted gunshot and was found with a suicide note, according to authorities.
NYPD Officer Didarul Islam was killed in the attack. NYPD
Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner was also killed in the shooting. Courtesy of Blackstone“God Bless the New York Police Department, and God Bless New York!” Trump added.
The shooting suspect had a “documented mental health history,” including struggles with Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition typically caused by trauma to the head with symptoms like mood swings and behavioral issues.
Tamura had played football in high school.
How the shooting unfolded
- Reports of the shooting at 345 Park Ave. start coming in around 6:28 p.m.
- Shane Tamura, 27, is seen getting out of a black BMW between 51st and 52nd streets with an M4 rifle.
- He enters the lobby and turns right, where he shoots police officer Didarul Islam, 36, dead.
- Tamura guns down a woman cowering behind a pillar in the lobby, sprays more bullets and walks toward the elevator bank — where he shoots dead a security guard crouching at his desk.
- One more man reports being shot and injured in the lobby. He was in critical but stable condition.
- The gunman allows a woman to walk out of the elevators unharmed before heading up to the 33rd floor, where building owner Rudin Properties’ offices are located, “and begins to walk the floor, firing as he traveled.”
- One woman is shot and killed on that floor before Tamura shoots himself in the chest.
- It’s unclear how long the mayhem lasted. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch posted on X at 7:52 p.m.: “The scene has been contained and the lone shooter has been neutralized.”
The glossy building he shot up on 345 Park Avenue is home to the NFL headquarters. Tamura’s note made references to the NFL and asked that his brain be studied, according to officials.
Tamura had worked as a security guard at a Vegas casino and missed his shift on Sunday. On Monday, he double-parked a vehicle with Nevada plates outside the sprawling office complex and stormed the facility with an M4 assault-style rifle in plain sight, cops said.
The sicko unloaded bullets in the lobby and killed his final victim on the 33rd floor before barricading and shooting himself, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
Workers in the building barricaded themselves inside their office during the attack.
Police found a loaded revolver, extra ammunition, magazines, medication, a backpack and a rifle case with rounds in his vehicle. Tamura had a concealed firearms permit from Las Vegas that was set to expire in 2027.
Tamura acted alone, and his precise motivations are not entirely clear, cops said.
Officials are still investigating the shooting and trying to determine Tamura’s motivations.
