Hero cop, security guard, & Blackstone exec among 4 killed by gunman Shane Tamura as he ‘targeted NFL’ in crazed rampage

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THE four victims killed by the gunman who stormed a New York office building on Monday have been identified.

Shane Tamura, 27, burst through the front door of the skyscraper and took aim at cop Didarul Islam, 36, who was working his second job as a security guard when he was shot.

New York City police officer Didarul Islam has been named as one of the four victims killed in Monday’s shootingGetty Images – Getty

Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner (right), seen with her husband Evan LePatner in 2018, was also named as a victimGetty

Facebook/Aland EtienneAland Etienne was working as a security guard when he was killed[/caption]

Shane Tamura, 27, drove from his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, to commit the sick crime, police said

Tamura drove from his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, to Midtown Manhattan and barged into the office where elite businesses like Blackstone and the NFL are headquartered.

He entered the lobby carrying an M4 rifle at around 6:28 pm and shot Islam to death before heading up to the 33rd floor, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

What we know about the Manhattan shooting…

On Monday evening, Shane Tamura, 27, barged into a New York City skyscraper and fatally shot four people before turning the gun on himself

Victims of the horror shooting include a police officer expecting his third child and an investment company executive

Mayor Eric Adams said that an apparent suicide note left by Tamura indicates he was targeting the NFL, which is headquartered in the building

In the letter, Tamura claimed he was battling a brain condition that was caused by playing football

An NFL employee was critically injured by Tamura but is expected to survive

Mysteries continue to shroud the attack, including why Tamura spared a woman he passed in the elevator

The heartless shooter continually took aim at innocents in the office during his dark journey, before ultimately shooting himself in the chest and dying.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that an apparent suicide note indicated that Tamura was targeting the NFL, but he took the wrong elevator and never made it to their offices.

The note found on Tamura’s person blamed the league for hiding the severity of the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which has been found in some pro players.

Tamura, who played football in high school, asked investigators in the note to check his body for the disease after he died.

COP KILLED

The victims have been named as Islam, security guard Aland Etienne, investment company executive Wesley LePatner, and property management associate Julia Hyman.

Islam, who lived in the Bronx with his growing family, had been with the New York City Police Department for three and a half years when he was murdered.

According to Tisch, he was working at the building on his off hours to make some extra cash as he and his wife had a third child on the way.

“He was saving lives. He was protecting New Yorkers,” said Adams.

“He embodies what this city is all about. He’s a true blue New Yorker, not only in a uniform he wore.”

Friends and leaders in the tight-knit Muslim community that Islam was a part of gathered at his two-story home that he had purchased for his family on Monday night.

A stream of people filed in throughout the night to drop off food and baked dishes for the mourning family, according to the New York Times.

The imam at the local mosque came to console Islam’s pregnant wife and their two children.

Tamura toted a rifle into a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan and opened fireObtained by NY Post

NYPD officers stood at attention for the ambulance transfer of IslamReuters

APThe officers crossed their arms as Islam’s body was taken to his family[/caption]

One close family friend, Marjanul Karim, 31, said that Islam was a community leader who helped to mentor young Bangladeshi men.

He said Islam started work as a school security guard before moving up to the police force.

“He wanted to support his family and be in a better position, and he fell in love with law enforcement while working security,” Karim said.

“At the time, my mother told him, ‘You left a safe job working for a school in security, and being a cop is dangerous. Why did you do that?’

“He told her he wanted to leave behind a legacy for his family, something they could be proud of.”

Timeline of NYC shooting

A gunman stormed 345 Park Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan, on Monday night killing four before turning the gun on himself.

Cops are now investigating why the suspect Shane Tamura carried out the brutal attack and have released a preliminary timeline and are tracing back through his movements.

July 26 – Tamura drives through Colorado in his black BMW

July 27 – Tamura drives through Nebraska and Iowa. He also doesn’t show up for work as a security guard at a Las Vegas casino

July 28, 6.28pm – Reports of the shooting are first made to NYPD. Tamura had moments earlier double parked his car and walked across a plaza into 345 Park Avenue

Once inside, Tamura shoots off-duty officer Didarul Islam working as security dead

He guns down a woman cowering behind a pillar as he sprays the lobby with bullets

Tamura walks towards the elevators where he shoots dead a security guard crouching at his desk

Gunman spares woman’s life after she walks out of elevator in front of him

He travels up to the 33rd floor to Rudin Properties’ office and fires as he walks the floor killing one

Tamura shoots himself in his chest ending his life and ending the rampage

7.52pm – NYC Police Commissioner Tisch posted on X: “the scene has been contained and the lone shooter has been neutralized.”

VICTIMS NAMED

On Tuesday, investment management company Blackstone confirmed that LePatner was also killed in the spray of gunfire.

She appears to have been the woman who cops say was shot in the lobby as she tried to dive behind a pillar for cover.

LePatner was working as the global head of core+ real estate and the chief executive officer of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust when she was killed.

She was remembered as a “beloved member of the Blackstone family and will be sorely missed,” a representative for the company said.

According to her bio on the company’s website, she graduated from Yale University and serves on several charity boards in New York City.

She was married to Evan LePatner, and they shared two children.

Her death comes as terrifying photos show LePatner’s coworkers stacking a mountain of furniture in front of a door after hearing gunfire.

X/SpencerHakimianBlackstone employees barricaded themselves inside a room with stacks of furniture[/caption]

AFPNew York City Mayor Eric Adams gave a briefing on the shooting on Monday[/caption]

AFPA police officer was wheeled out on a gurney after the attack[/caption]

Hyman, a 27-year-old working for the property management firm Rudin, was also killed in the shooting, sources told the New York Post.

Tamura killed her on the 33rd floor where the firm is located after taking the wrong elevator.

Hyman graduated from Cornell University in 2020 with a degree in hotel administration and had been with Rudin for nine months when she was killed, according to her LinkedIn.

The fourth victim is security officer Etienne, whose death was confirmed by 32BJ SEIU labor union President Manny Pastreich.

Pastreich said, “We extend our deep condolences to the families and friends who lost loved ones tonight, including that of our own 32BJ SEIU security member Aland Etienne

“We have been in touch with Aland Etienne’s family, and are working with building management and the NYPD to support their investigation.

“Aland Etienne is a New York hero. We will remember him as such.”

TRUMP SPEAKS

President Donald Trump described the shooting as “tragic” and called Manhattan “a place that I know and love” the day after the attack.

He wrote, “I trust our Law Enforcement Agencies to get to the bottom of why this crazed lunatic committed such a senseless act of violence.

“My heart is with the families of the four people who were killed, including the NYPD Officer, who made the ultimate sacrifice.

“God Bless the New York Police Department, and God Bless New York!”

DISTURBING NOTE

Tamura accused the NFL of hiding the severity of the brain condition to protect its profits.

The note referenced Terry Long, an NFL player who was diagnosed with CTE after he died by suicide.

Speaking to reporters, Adams said, “He seemed to have blamed the NFL.”

An NFL employee was seriously injured in the shooting, but is now in the hospital in stable condition, league commissioner Roger Goodell said.

“NFL staff are at the hospital and we are supporting his family,” Goodell told employees.

“We believe that all of our employees are otherwise safe and accounted for, and the building has nearly been cleared.”

Goodell said there would be increased security at the offices and urged workers in New York to stay home and take the day off.

“Every one of you is a valued member of the NFL family,” he said.

“We will get through this together.”

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