Manhattan Shooter Shane Tamura's Past Police Interactions and Mental Health History

Interactions with Las Vegas Police

• 📹 Body camera footage reveals interactions between mass shooter Shane Tamura and Las Vegas police in the years preceding the Manhattan massacre.
• 💰 In September 2023, Tamura won $5,000 gambling but was involved in an altercation after refusing to identify himself to collect winnings and shoving a casino worker.
• 👮 Tamura questioned his detention, stating, "I'm asking you, am I under arrest?" after being kicked out of the casino.

Mental Health Episodes and Gun Ownership

• 📞 In August 2024, Tamura's mother called 911 reporting he was having a bipolar episode and expressing suicidal thoughts.
• 🏥 Tamura voluntarily agreed to a mental health evaluation following his mother's call.
• ❓ Questions are being raised about how Tamura was legally able to own a gun given his documented history of troubling behavior and mental health struggles.
• 🚗 Tamura drove cross-country to New York shortly before the shooting incident at the Park Avenue skyscraper.