{"id":183643,"date":"2025-07-29T15:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/shane-tamura-nyc-gunman-blamed-nfl-for-brain-damage-shot-himself-in-the-chest-to-preserve-evidence\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T15:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:09:12","slug":"shane-tamura-nyc-gunman-blamed-nfl-for-brain-damage-shot-himself-in-the-chest-to-preserve-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/shane-tamura-nyc-gunman-blamed-nfl-for-brain-damage-shot-himself-in-the-chest-to-preserve-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Tamura: NYC Gunman Blamed NFL For Brain Damage, Shot Himself In the Chest to Preserve Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re learning more about the motives of Shane Tamura, the gunman who killed five people, including a police officer, in a New York City office building Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>According to new reports, Tamura, who took his own life after the shootings, left a three-page suicide note in which he detailed his reasons for targeting that particular building.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that he drove from Las Vegas with the goal of murdering employees of the NFL at the league\u2019s corporate headquarters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-29-at-10.59.52%E2%80%AFAM-1024x567.png\" alt=\"A surveillance photo of NYC gunman Shane Tamura.\" class=\"wp-image-531182 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-29-at-10.59.52%E2%80%AFAM-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-29-at-10.59.52%E2%80%AFAM-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-29-at-10.59.52%E2%80%AFAM-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-29-at-10.59.52%E2%80%AFAM-2048x1134.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-29-at-10.59.52%E2%80%AFAM-960x531.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-29-at-10.59.52%E2%80%AFAM-1080x598.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-29-at-10.59.52%E2%80%AFAM-1200x664.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-29-at-10.59.52%E2%80%AFAM.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A surveillance photo of NYC gunman Shane Tamura.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (YouTube\/KTLA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-shane-tamura-targets-nfl-shoots-up-wrong-office\">Shane Tamura targets NFL, shoots up wrong office<\/h2>\n<p>Tamura blamed the organization for his chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurological condition common in football players \u2014 this despite the fact that he had never played pro football.<\/p>\n<p>The league\u2019s corporate headquarters are located on the fifth through the eighth floors of the Park Avenue high-rise targeted by Tamura.<\/p>\n<p>But according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/29\/us-news\/nyc-gunman-shane-tamura-reportedly-found-with-note-hinting-at-possible-motive-for-park-ave-skyscraper-shooting-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> from New York City mayor Eric Adams, the gunman \u201cmistakenly went up the wrong elevator banks\u201d and wound up in a different part of the building.<\/p>\n<p>One of the victims who was shot was an employee of the NFL, but none of the deceased had any ties to the league.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shane Tamura, NYC gunman, had ties to Los Angeles  | FOX 11 LA\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kXnA_6Y-75I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-shane-tamura-s-suicide-note-reveals-bizarre-motives\">Shane Tamura\u2019s suicide note reveals bizarre motives<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t go against the NFL, they\u2019ll squash you,\u201d Tamura wrote in his suicide note.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease study brain for CTE. I\u2019m sorry. The league knowingly concealed the dangers to our brains to maximize profits,\u201d Tamura continued, adding, \u201cThey failed us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From there, Tamura addressed late Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Terry Long, who took his own life by drinking anti-freeze in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTerry Long, football gave me CTE and it caused me to drink a gallon of antifreeze,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The gunman also explained that he had shot himself in the chest in order to preserve his brain for further study.<\/p>\n<p>Long played high school football, but it is not currently clear if he was ever diagnosed with CTE.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts go out to the victims of Monday\u2019s senseless attack, and we will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/shane-tamura-nyc-gunman-blamed-nfl-for-brain-damage-shot-himself-in-the-chest-to-preserve-evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes We\u2019re learning more about the motives of Shane Tamura, the gunman who killed five people, including a police officer, in a New York City office building Monday evening. 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