NYPD Commissioner Details Manhattan Active Shooter Incident and Shooter's Background

Active Shooter Incident at 345 Park Avenue

• 🚨 An active shooter incident began at 6:28 p.m. inside 345 Park Avenue in Manhattan, with multiple 911 calls reporting the event.
• 🚗 Surveillance footage shows a male exiting a black BMW on Park Avenue carrying an M4 rifle, entering the building's lobby, and immediately opening fire.
• 🎯 The shooter targeted an NYPD officer, a woman behind a pillar, a security guard, and another male civilian in the lobby.
• 🏢 The shooter then proceeded to the 33rd floor, Ruden Management, firing rounds and killing one person before shooting himself in the chest.

Victims and Shooter Identification

• 💔 A total of five victims were shot: one NYPD officer and four civilians. The shooter also died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
• 👤 The shooter is believed to be Shane Tamura, a 27-year-old male from Las Vegas, whose vehicle was registered in Nevada.
• 🚓 Inside Tamura's vehicle, officers found a rifle case with rounds, a loaded revolver, ammunition, magazines, a backpack, and medication prescribed to him.
• 🕊️ Officer Daru Islam, 36, was among the deceased, described as a hero who made the ultimate sacrifice. He was married with two young sons and his wife was pregnant with their third child.

Shooter's Background and Motives

• 🧠 According to law enforcement partners in Las Vegas, Mr. Tamura has a documented mental health history.
• 🗺️ Tamura's vehicle traveled cross-country from Nevada, through Colorado, Nebraska, and Iowa, before entering New Jersey and then New York City on the day of the incident.
• ❓ The motives for targeting 345 Park Avenue, a commercial building housing tenants like the NFL, Ruden Management, KPMG, and Blackstone, are still under investigation.

Building Security and Aftermath

• 🔒 The building's security camera footage provided crucial details of the shooter's movements within the lobby and elevator bank.
• 🏥 The lone shooting survivor, a male civilian, was in critical but stable condition. Two other civilians were deceased, and a fourth civilian was found dead on the 33rd floor.
• 🩹 Four additional victims were treated for minor injuries sustained while fleeing the scene.
• 🚫 Authorities confirmed that this is believed to be a lone shooter incident, and there is no longer an active threat to the public.