New York Mayor Eric Adams says the city is sending two teams to Las Vegas as part of the investigation into the mass shooting at a Manhattan skyscraper on Monday evening.
They will be executing a search warrant and tracing two firearms recovered at the scene after Vegas resident and casino employee Shane Tamura, 27, stormed the office building at 345 Park Avenue shortly before 6:30 p.m. Monday, “spraying” the lobby with bullets from an AR-15-style rifle.
Tamura took an elevator up to Rudin Management’s 33rd-floor office, where he continued firing rounds, before turning the gun on himself, according to Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch. Other tenants barricaded themselves in their offices before being led to safety by police.
An NYPD officer, a security guard, a Blackstone executive, and an associate at Rudin have been named as the victims. The NFL said one of its employees was seriously injured.
Mayor Adams said Tuesday that Tamura “appeared to have gone to the wrong floor” and had intended to reach the NFL offices located on the lower levels. A note left by Tamura blamed playing football for his alleged chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
