NEW YORK (AP) — A taking pictures at a midtown Manhattan workplace constructing on Monday left a minimum of 5 individuals lifeless, together with an off-duty New York Metropolis police officer, officers mentioned.
Police recognized the gunman as Shane Tamura, of Las Vegas, and mentioned he fatally shot himself. He had a ‘documented psychological well being historical past,’ however the motive continues to be unknown, police Commissioner Jessica Tisch mentioned at a information convention.
“We’re working to know why he focused this specific location,” Tisch mentioned.
One other man was critically injured and stays in essential situation, Mayor Eric Adams mentioned.
Adams mentioned officers are nonetheless “unraveling” what passed off. “5 harmless individuals have been shot” together with the perpetrator, he mentioned.
The officer who was killed was a 36-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh and had served as a police officer in New York Metropolis for 3 1/2 years.
“He died as he lived. A hero,” Tisch mentioned.
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A New York police investigator exits her car on the scene outdoors a Manhattan workplace constructing the place two individuals have been shot together with a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photograph/Angelina Katsanis)
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A New York police investigator exits her car on the scene outdoors a Manhattan workplace constructing the place two individuals have been shot together with a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photograph/Angelina Katsanis)
Surveillance video confirmed a person exiting a double parked BMW and carrying an M4 rifle earlier than he walks towards the constructing. He instantly opened hearth on the NYPD officer as he entered the constructing and shot a lady who tried to take cowl after which started “spraying” the foyer with gunfire, Tisch mentioned.
The person then made his technique to the elevator financial institution and shot a safety guard who was taking cowl behind a safety desk and shot one other man within the foyer, the commissioner mentioned.
Officers discovered a rifle case, a revolver, magazines and ammunition in his automobile, Tisch mentioned.
The Hearth Division of New York mentioned emergency crews have been referred to as to the Park Avenue workplace constructing round 6:30 p.m. for a report of somebody shot. The constructing homes a few of the nation’s high monetary companies and the National Football League.
Jessica Chen informed ABC Information she was watching a presentation with dozens of different individuals on the second ground when she “heard a number of pictures go off in fast succession from the primary ground.”
She and others ran right into a convention room and barricaded tables towards the door.
“We have been actually actually, actually scared,” she mentioned, including that she texted her mother and father to inform them that she loves them.
Mayor Eric Adams mentioned a number of individuals have been injured. He posted a clip to social media urging individuals nonetheless contained in the workplace constructing to remain put as a result of law enforcement officials have been conducting a floor-by-floor search. The Democrat mentioned he’s headed to the hospital to talk with the household and family members of these concerned.
Native TV footage confirmed traces of individuals evacuating the workplace constructing with their arms above their heads. The constructing contains workplaces of Blackstone and the consulate common of Eire.
Some finance employees at an workplace constructing down the block have been choosing up dinner at a nook eatery after they heard a loud noise and noticed individuals working.
“It was like a crowd panic,” mentioned Anna Smith, who joined the employees pouring again into the finance workplace constructing. They remained there for about two hours earlier than being informed they might go away.
The constructing the place the taking pictures occurred is in a busy space of midtown, situated a brief stroll north from Grand Central Terminal and a couple of block east of St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
Town’s emergency administration alert system warned of site visitors delays, highway closures and disruptions to public transportation within the space.
By means of late July, New York Metropolis is on tempo to have its fewest murders and fewest individuals damage by gunfire than any 12 months in current many years.
Related Press author Mike Balsamo contributed from New York.
This story has been up to date to take away Deutsche Financial institution and J.P. Morgan from the record of workplaces on the Park Avenue constructing. Each now not have workplaces there.
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