A gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building before killing himself was trying to target the headquarters of the NFL but took the wrong elevator, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday.
Investigators believe Shane Tamura, of Las Vegas, was trying to get to the NFL offices after shooting several people Monday in the building's lobby but accidentally entered the wrong set of elevator banks, Adams said in interviews.
Four people, including off-duty New York City Police Officer Didarul Islam, were killed. Police said Tamura had a history of mental illness, and a rambling note found on his body suggested that he had a grievance against the NFL over a claim that he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which can only be diagnosed after someone has died. He played high school football in California nearly two decades ago, but he never played in the NFL.
«He seemed to have blamed the NFL,» Adams told WPIX-TV. «The NFL headquarters was located in the building, and he mistakenly went up the wrong elevator bank.»
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a memo to staff that a league employee was seriously injured in the attack and was hospitalized in stable condition.
«We are deeply grateful to the law enforcement officers who responded to this threat quickly and decisively and to Officer Islam, who gave his life to protect others,» Goodell said.
Goodell added in the memo that there would be «increased security presence» at the league's offices «in the days and weeks to come.» He said employees based in New York should work remotely Tuesday or could take the day off.
«Every one of you is a valued member of the NFL family,» Goodell said. «We will get through this together.»
The note found on Tamura claimed he had
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