Authorities revealed Wednesday that the man who killed four people at a Manhattan office building purchased the car he drove across the country and the firearm he used in the attack from his supervisor at a casino in Las Vegas.
According to authorities, Shane Tamura, 27, shot and killed three people in the lobby of the National Football League headquarters building on Monday. He then took an elevator to the 33rd story, killed another person, and then committed suicide. He claimed to have CTE in a note discovered on his body, and he accused the NFL of concealing the risks of brain injuries associated with contact sports.
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The New York Police Department said on Wednesday that Tamura’s boss at the Horseshoe Las Vegas lawfully purchased the AR-15-style firearm he sold to Tamura for $1,400. On Tuesday, police mistakenly said the supervisor had supplied only parts of the rifle used in the attack, including the weapon’s lower receiver. Tamura, a high school football player who never played in the NFL, was employed in the casino’s surveillance division.
The legality of the gun sale was not immediately apparent. Police stated, without providing specifics, that Tamura has a history of mental illness. He was requested to leave a suburban Las Vegas casino in September 2023 after getting upset with security and other staff members who demanded his identification, and he was later detained on a minor trespassing charge. The case was later dropped by the prosecution.
According to investigators, the supervisor who sold Tamura the firearm has not been accused of any wrongdoing. Although the supervisor’s name has not been made public, authorities claim that in the note that was discovered in Tamura’s wallet following his suicide, he is the one to whom Tamura apologized.
Investigators discovered psychiatric drugs and a suicide note at Tamura’s Las Vegas studio apartment, where he apologized to his mother and expressed disappointment in his parents, according to police. In Tamura’s automobile in New York, investigators also discovered a box for the handgun, around 100 9mm rounds for the revolver, a tripod, one rifle bullet, anti-inflammatory and anti-epileptic drugs, and more.
According to police, detectives from New York City were still in Las Vegas on Wednesday. They are awaiting warrants to search his laptop and phone, and they have one to search his locker at Horseshoe Casino. According to officials, they also intended to talk to his parents.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the victims’ friends and family were remembering their loved ones and expressing their sorrow.
Killed in the attack were New York City police officer Didarul Islam, who was guarding the building on a paid security job; unarmed security guard Aland Etienne, who helped control access to the upper floors; Wesley LePatner, a real estate executive at the investment firm Blackstone, which occupies much of the building; and Julia Hyman, an associate at Rudin Management. It is anticipated that an NFL staffer who suffered severe injuries in the assault will survive.
Hyman, 27, was buried on Long Island after a ceremony on Wednesday at Central Synagogue in midtown Manhattan. “Mourners were united in sorrow and bewilderment,” a speaker at the event remarked.
The funeral for Islam is set for Thursday.
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From Hartford, Connecticut, Collins reported.
