AN NFL employee was seriously injured in a shooting at the league’s New York office.
Four people were left dead inside the Midtown Manhattan building which houses the National Football League’s main office.
Roger Goodell sent a memo to staff after a shooting at league offices[/caption]
Four people were killed at the Midtown Manhattan building[/caption]
A New York Police Department officer and three civilians were killed in the attack Monday night.
And NFL commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to staff saying a league employee was seriously injured.
The message was seen by ABC News, and urged employees not to go into the office Tuesday.
Goodell’s memo read, “As has been widely reported, a gunman committed an unspeakable act of violence in our building at 345 Park Avenue.
“One of our employees was seriously injured in this attack.
“He is currently in the hospital and in stable condition.
“NFL staff are at the hospital and we are supporting his family.
“We believe that all of our employees are otherwise safe and accounted for, and the building has nearly been cleared.”
Goodell added that there would be increased security at the building in the days and weeks to come.
“Every one of you is a valued member of the NFL family” he wrote.
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 himHe 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.”
“We will get through this together.”
The gunman was identified as Shane Tamura from Las Vegas.
A motive is not yet known.
“We are working to understand why he targeted this particular location,” Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
Tamura attacked 345 Park Avenue on East 52nd Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue.
Officers responded to the shooting at 6.30 pm ET Monday[/caption]
The NFL’s offices are on floors five to eight at 345 Park Avenue[/caption]
A note was found on Tamura which blamed football for an apparent health battle with the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the New York Post reports.
He also asked that his brain be studied following his death – which Tamura inflicted on himself by shooting his chest.
The NFL’s offices are located between floors five and eight of the 44-story building.
The New York City Fire Department responded to the call of a shooting at around 6.30 pm ET.
ESPN’s Jeff Darlington reported that NFL employees were told to shelter in place at the time.
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