[FoxNews] FAST FACTS
- Five people were killed, including a police officer, when a gunman unleashed a barrage of gunfire at a midtown Manhattan office building that is home to the Blackstone investment firm and the headquarters for the NFL.
- NYC Mayor Eric Adams said the shooter was "neutralized" at the scene.
- The NYPD was clearing each floor in the massive tower to endure everyone was safe and there were no other shooters.
NYC GUNMAN BEGAN FIRING IN BUILDING LOBBY, POLICE SAY
Security video shows the gunman who killed multiple people at an office building in midtown Manhattan entering the lobby and immediately opening fire and striking several people, including a police officer, authorities said Monday.
He then shot a security guard taking cover behind a desk with an M4 assault rifle, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
The gunman, identified as Shane Tamura, then waited for an elevator and allowed a woman to exit unharmed before going to the 33rd floor.
He then shot and killed another person before shooting himself, police said.
Tamura, who was licensed to carry a concealed weapon in the state of Nevada, killed four people and wounded another.
***********
A lone gunman walked into a midtown Manhattan office building Monday afternoon and opened fire, killing four people – including an NYPD officer – before turning the gun on himself.
Speaking at a press conference later Monday, NYC Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch identified the shooter as Shane Temura, a 27-year-old Las Vegas resident with a history of mental health issues.
Tisch said Tamura had driven across state lines, with his vehicle having been seen as recently as 4:24 p.m. Monday in Columbia, New Jersey, not long before he unleashed a barrage of gunfire.
***************
The slain New York City police officer was who killed by a gunman in a Manhattan office building immigrated to the U.S. from Bangladesh and left behind a pregnant wife, authorities said.
Didarul Islam, 36, had been on the force for four years before he was gunned down Monday evening. He was a married father to two young boys and his wife is pregnant with their third child, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
Islam, an immigrant from Bangladesh who was assigned to the NYPD's 47th Precinct in the Bronx, was one of two uniformed officers in the Park Avenue high-rise when the shooting occurred.
"He put himself in harms way," Tisch said. "He made the ultimate sacrifice."
"He died as he lived: a hero," she added.
Both of the officers were working there as part of the paid detail program, which allows companies to hire uniformed officers as extra security, Tisch said.
New York Mayor Eric Adams, a former NYPD officer, said he met with Islam's family.
"This was his dad's only son," he said. "It is unimaginable to experience a loss of this magnitude."
|
