A gunman opened fire inside the Manhattan skyscraper that is the headquarters of private-equity firm Blackstone and the NFL, killing four people, including a police officer, before fatally shooting himself on Monday evening, authorities said.
Another person was in critical condition, and others suffered less serious injuries.
Surveillance video showed the shooter, identified as 27-year-old Shane Tamura, entering the lobby of 345 Park Ave., a 44-story building that is home to Blackstone, KPMG, the NFL, and Rudin Management, a property manager. Tamura sprayed the lobby with gunfire before proceeding to Rudin’s office on the 33rd floor, officials said.
The shooter drove cross-country from Nevada, arriving in New York earlier on Monday. Ammunition was found in his car, according to authorities.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that investigators were probing whether the gunman had been targeting the NFL offices; a note found on Tamura mentioned the league, and claimed he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, CTE, from playing football. An employee of the league was “seriously injured,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement.