The mind of wicked shooter Shane Tamura might probably be examined for power traumatic encephalopathy throughout an examination of his physique, Mayor Eric Adams stated Tuesday.
Town’s Workplace of Chief Medical Examiner will decide if the 27-year-old ex-football participant’s mind might be studied for CTE, Adams advised CNN.
“The ME, medical expert right here within the metropolis, he would make that dedication on the subsequent steps in collaboration with the district lawyer in Manhattan County,” Adams stated.
Tamura, who was a highschool soccer star, left behind notes that claimed he suffered from the mind situation that’s usually the results of taking hits to the top.
The medical expert’s workplace, in an e-mail, didn’t decide to particularly probing CTE – however stated a basic examination of the mind would happen as a part of the post-mortem.
How the capturing unfolded
- Stories of the capturing at 345 Park Ave. begin coming in round 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 foyer and turns proper, the place he shoots police officer Didarul Islam, 36, lifeless.
- Tamura weapons down a girl cowering behind a pillar within the foyer, sprays extra bullets and walks towards the elevator financial institution — the place he shoots lifeless a safety guard crouching at his desk.
- Another man experiences being shot and injured within the foyer. He was in important however secure situation.
- The gunman permits a girl to stroll out of the elevators unhurt earlier than heading as much as the thirty third ground, the place constructing proprietor Rudin Properties’ workplaces are situated, “and begins to stroll the ground, firing as he traveled.”
- One lady is shot and killed on that ground earlier than Tamura shoots himself within the chest.
- It’s unclear how lengthy 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.”
When requested particularly about testing for CTE, the medical expert’s workplace stated it may well’t touch upon an ongoing probe.
The Publish has sought remark from the Manhattan District Lawyer’s Workplace.
