NFL headquarters shooter diagnosed with CTE

Shane Tamura, the antheral who killed 4 radical and past himself successful a July shooting astatine NFL headquarters, was posthumously diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a connection from the New York City Officer of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Tamura, 27, had claimed successful a enactment recovered successful his wallet pursuing the shooting that helium believed helium had CTE and wanted his encephalon tested for it aft his death. The aesculapian examiner's bureau uncovering determined "unambiguous evidence" of CTE successful Tamura's encephalon tissue. The investigating determined Tamura suffered from "low-stage CTE." CTE tin lone officially beryllium diagnosed aft death.

Tamura entered 345 Park Avenue astir 6:30 p.m. connected July 28 and killed 4 people: Didarul Islam, an off-duty constabulary officer; Wesley LePatner, a existent property enforcement astatine Blackstone; Julia Hyman, an subordinate astatine Rudin Management and Aland Etienne, a information officer. He besides wounded an NFL worker and according to instrumentality enforcement was believed to beryllium attempting to scope NFL office but took the incorrect elevator.

In August, a root adjacent to Tamura's household told ESPN that Tamura began playing tackle shot astatine property 6 done precocious schoolhouse successful the Los Angeles country earlier moving to Nevada, wherever helium worked successful backstage information and past successful surveillance astatine a Las Vegas casino.

The root besides told ESPN Tamura suffered from intelligence wellness issues arsenic an adult, including headaches and took injections successful the backmost of his caput to effort and woody with the issue.

Las Vegas instrumentality enforcement officers were besides called doubly during his clip successful the metropolis for intelligence wellness checks, according to accusation released by the Las Vegas Police Department. That included a 2022 telephone wherever Tamura's parent was acrophobic her lad was going to termination himself. In that call, Tamura's parent told instrumentality enforcement helium was being treated for depression, concussions, chronic migraines and insomnia.

He besides had a intelligence wellness clasp successful 2024 and was arrested successful 2023 astatine the Red Rock Casino successful Henderson, Nevada pursuing a disagreement astir showing recognition pursuing casino winnings. Prosecutors declined to complaint Tamura successful the 2023 case.

ESPN's Anthony Olivieri contributed to this report.