Midtown Manhattan Mass Shooting Kills Five Including Shooter

On July 28, 2025, Shane Devon Tamura, a 27-year-old former high school football star, carried out a mass shooting at 345 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, killing four people including an off-duty NYPD officer before taking his own life. Tamura entered the building, which houses major firms including the NFL headquarters, armed with an AR-15-style rifle and wearing body armor, firing on multiple floors. Investigators discovered a suicide note linking his actions to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain condition caused by repeated head injuries common in football players, and requested his brain be examined postmortem. The note also mentioned former NFL player Terry Long, who died by suicide after suffering football-related head trauma, suggesting Tamura saw a connection between his mental health struggles and the sport's physical toll. Tamura's tragic rampage has reignited discussions about the long-term mental health effects of football and the intersection of athletic injuries with violence. Despite his history as a promising athlete and known mental health issues, his motive remains partially unclear, though his note and background provide some insight into his state of mind.