A shooter left five dead, including a police officer, in Manhattan offices, in New York on Monday evening. The author of this shooting died after being actively sought by the authorities, during an important police operation.
Around 8 p.m. Monday, the NYPD said that the shooter had been “neutralized”. Managers said that the shooter would have died due to a “self-inflicted firearm injury”.
This one, a 27-year-old Las Vegas man, acted alone. It is Shane Tamura, a man whose plated car from Nevada and containing a rifle case was found on the stage.
Tamura was the holder of a weapon port permit for a pistol. It would have been seen by security cameras with what seems to be an AR-15, an automatic rifle.
Photo provided by the NYPD
The suspect of the shooting would have acted alone.
The Nypd police officer, who was shot in the back, died after exchanging fire with the author of the shooting in the building lobby. His death was noted during the major police operation, around 8:20 p.m. The authorities have four additional victims, all civilians.
Preliminary information argued that at least one NYPD police officer and two civilians had been affected by the shots, before the balance sheet is increasing. The first calls were received by the 911 around 6:30 p.m.
The shooting occurred in the building of 345 Park Ave, in the heart of Manhattan, the police of the New York City Police (NYPD) reported.
This building with many floors in particular houses the offices of Blackstone, KPMG, Bank of America and JP Morgan, as well as NFL offices.
About twenty armed police officers were sent to scrutinize the building during the operation.
Numerous and fast reactions
The mayor of New York, Eric Adams, said on social networks to follow an “investigation into an active shooter”. He asked that citizens remain inside and to take security precautions if they were in the sector.
“People were shot, and I’m going to go to hospital quickly,” added the mayor.
The metropolitan emergency management system has warned citizens of delays caused by traffic, road closings and disturbances to public transport.
“It was like a panic of crowd,” said Anna Smith, a worker who was confined for two hours near the premises with several other civilians, to the Associated Press.
Nekeisha Lewis, encountered by NBC News, saw a man approaching the terrace where she argued by shouting with help, showing that he had been drawn. “It was practically as a war zone,” she said, adding that it was the most frightening situation she lived.
FBI deputy director Dan Bongino said in a publication on social networks that FBI agents had been dispatched to support local authorities, in what he described as an “active crime scene”.
Shortly after the shooting, elected officials from New York spoke on social networks, denouncing the act and praying for the victims.
Hakeem Jeffries, leader of the Democrat minority in the House of Representatives of the United States, said on X “deeply disturbed by the horrible shooting”.
“This act of shocking terror is a dark recall of the persistent danger posed by firearms, the tightening of hatred in our society and the exceptional courage of the NYPD officers who risk their lives to protect the rest of us,” added the Democratic representative Ritchie Torres.
Republican representative Nicole Maliotakis expressed having “broken heart”, praying for people who were “seriously injured” by a “crazy” shooter.
“I am incredibly grateful for the rapid response of the NYPD and the bravery of all the officers of the law who endanger themselves to protect others,” said Republican representative Claudia Tenney, adding that her team monitors the situation closely.
With information from CNN, NBC News, New York Post and the Associated Press
