Shane Devon Temura

What we know about the NYC office tower shooting and suspect Shane Devon Temura

Five people, including a New York City police USA officer, died in a shooting in midtown USA Manhattan. Suspected gunman Shane Devon Tamura died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.A gunman opened fire inside a high-rise corporate building in the heart of Manhattan on Monday evening, killing a New York City police officer and three other people, officials said.The suspected shooter acted alone and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, law enforcement officials told USA News.The deadly gunfire, which was first reported about 6:30 p.m., was treated as an active shooting, prompting warnings and office evacuations, with lines of people seen leaving the building with their hands above their heads.

Tamura, of Nevada, shot himself in the chest in the hallway of the USA 33rd floor of 345 Park Avenue after shooting five people, four of them fatally.

Officers found identification on Tamura’s body, including a concealed carry permit from Las Vegas. Police believe he acted alone and that there is no ongoing threat.

The New York City Police Department officer killed has been identified as Officer Didraul Islam, a 36-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh. Islam was off-duty, working a private security detail at the time of his death. He leaves behind his pregnant wife and two male children.

Didarul Islam, who emigrated to the U.S. from Bangladesh, had been with the USA NYPD for 3 1/2 years, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said. He was assigned to the 47th Precinct in the Bronx.

“He was doing what he does best and all members of the police department carry out,” Adams said. “He was saving lives. He was protecting New Yorkers.”

Islam was the father of two young boys and was expecting a third child with wife, USA Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

“He put himself in harm’s way. He made the ultimate sacrifice — shot in cold blood, wearing a uniform that stood for the promise that he made to this city,” Tisch said, calling him a hero.Three civilians also died. Their names have not been released. Another person was critically wounded.

The gunman

Law enforcement officials said the violence was carried out by a lone gunman, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.The suspected shooter has been identified as Shane Devon Tamura, 27, of Las Vegas, according to four senior law enforcement officials.

In a photo three law enforcement officials shared with USA NBC News, the suspected gunman is seen walking into the midtown USA Manhattan building wearing dark clothes and sunglasses and carrying what appears to be a large firearm.A motive has not been determined.Caleb Clarke, a former classmate and high school

football teammate, said that Tamura “was the biggest goofball in the world, just a ton of energy, class clown.” The two played together in California until Tamura transferred from Santa Clarita High School to Grenada Hills High School in 2015, just before their senior year.Clarke said that in recent years, he and Tamura kept up only through social media, where Tamura shared that he had been working at a casino in Las Vegas.Clarke didn't recall Tamura ever being a troublemaker in school. “You never would have thought violence was something you’d associate with him," Clarke said. "You know, he could make a joke about people, but that’s just typical. Shane was a jokester. Everything he said was a joke. He had a ton of energy.”He added that it

seemed as if Tamura was destined for greatness as an athlete.“I feel like it was definitely on the table for him,” Clarke said. “I don’t think he walked around to be like, ‘Oh, I’ll have NFL games one day.’ I think it was more of everybody just telling him how great he was … how special he was.”Midtown Manhattan’s 345 Park Ave. is the headquarters of the investment firm Blackstone.The building also hosts the headquarters of the NFL and a Bank of America branch, as well as offices belonging to KPMG.Blackstone, Bank of America and the building’s owner, Rudin Management, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.In a statement, KPMG said its thoughts were with victims and their families.

“Our hearts go out to the victims of this horrific act and their families,” it said. “We are incredibly grateful for the bravery of building USA security and law enforcement.”A 36-year-old married USA police officer and three other people were shot and killed by a crazed gunman who stormed a swanky Midtown skyscraper early Monday evening — sparking mayhem in Midtown before turning the gun on himself, police said.

The 27-year-old maniac, identified as Las Vegas resident Shane Tamura, barged into the 44-story building — which houses Blackstone and the NFL headquarters — armed with a rifle and opened fire at around 6:30 p.m. during the evening rush, cops and law enforcement sources told The Post.

A witness on the first floor said that “it sounded like a barrage of shots …Like an automatic weapon. Like a high-capacity weapon.”

“I was at work and this guy came in with an assault rifle and started shooting,” a man, who was gasping for air outside USA 345 Park Avenue, told The Post shortly after the bullets started flying.

Tamura then fatally shot a woman who was hiding behind a pillar as he continued “spraying” the lobby of 345 Park USA Avenue with bullets, Tisch said.

The lone gunman didn’t stop there as he marched to the elevators and pumped a bullet into a security guard who took cover behind a desk, police said.

In a chilling moment of apparent mercy, the wacko spared the life of a woman who came face to face with the killer as she exited an elevator, according to Tisch.Tamura then took the lift up to the 33rd floor, home to Rudin Management offices, where he “fired as he traveled,” striking and killing one person before shooting himself in the chest.Tamura was seen splayed out on the ground, apparently already dead, in a shocking photo obtained by The Post.Tamura continued to the upper floors, where he shot a security guard and another man. He then took the elevator to the 33rd floor, where he shot and killed one more person before fatally shooting himself in the chest, police said.Authorities say Tamura drove cross-country and arrived in New York the same day of the shooting. He had a history of mental health issues, and investigators are still working to determine why he targeted this location.Another man was also shot in the lobby and survived his injuries.

Tamura launched the mass shooting after USA driving across the country, USA police said.

He crossed into the Big Apple from New Jersey earlier Monday afternoon then drove to USA 345 Park Avenue, parking between 51st and 52nd streets, according to Tisch.

Chilling images showed the gunman calmly strolling across the building’s entry plaza with an assault rifle at his side before carrying out the carnage.

Footage posted to social media shows bystanders running for their lives outside the building and workers were also later seen filing out of the high-rise with their hands up.

Sources said Islam, the USA officer, was shot at in the back and died at a hospital.With sirens blaring in the background, three cops dragged an injured woman in a dress away from the front of the building, according to disturbing footage. Tamura is believed to have acted alone, USA NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.“The scene has been contained and the lone shooter has been neutralized,” she wrote on X just over an hour after the chaos started.Police recovered Tamura’s rifle, a Palmetto State Armory AR-15 assault rifle, which was smeared with blood.A vehicle with Nevada plates registered to Tamura was found at the scene.Sources said Tamura recently worked as a security guard at a Las Vegas casino.The gunman had a concealed firearms permit from Las Vegas with a 2027 expiration date, according to a picture of the license obtained by The Post.Photos posted to USA X show who is purported to be USA frantic Blackstone employees stacking couches and other furniture in front of an office entrance during Tamura’s rampage.One man person who apparently works in the Park Avenue tower was seen sitting on a marble stoop outside a nearby building hyperventilating with a bandage around their hand hours after the first shots rang out.

“I was at work and this guy came in with an assault rifle and started shooting. I was in the lobby at work,” the man said into a phone while calling a loved-one.Oleksandr Stupak, 30, was standing on the street nearby when he heard gunshots ring out — and watched in shock as armed police flooded the building

“I was on the one block away and I heard shots being fired and then a bunch of police, they came to neutralize it,” he said. “I went to the Citizen app and it says active shooting. A lot of police started to come. I mean. [It’s ] crazy.”The blocks surrounding the building were flooded with police cars, fire engines, ambulances and first responders, while helicopters filled the sky overhead.And footage from the scene showed officers hastily performing CPR on an apparent victim after hauling his limp body in the middle of the street.The USA FBI and bomb squad has also responded to the scene.Mayor Adams has been briefed on the incident, and cautioned New Yorkers to avoid the area.The 36-year-old slain officer was from the 47 Precinct, but was working a paid detail for the owner of the building, Rudin Properties, at the time of the shooting, sources said.He’s been on the force since December 2021 and leaves behind a wife, who is eighth months pregnant, according to a high ranking police source.New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he was a man of God. Islam was assigned to the 47th precinct of The Bronx. The names of the other victims have not yet been released.USA NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a news conference Monday night that Tamura exited a double-parked BMW, registered in his name, on Park Avenue, carrying an M4 rifle, and headed toward USA 345 Park Ave.

He immediately opened fire on the USA NYPD officer as he entered the building and shot a woman who tried to take cover and then began “spraying” the lobby with gunfire, Tisch said.

According to the USA commissioner, he made his way to the elevator bank and shot a security guard who was taking cover behind a security desk, and shot another man in the lobby, then took the elevator to the 33rd floor, where one person was shot and killed on the floor.

Tamura then walked down a hallway and shot himself, the commissioner said. Tisch added that a revolver, ammunition, and magazines were found in Tamura’s vehicle. According to law enforcement in Nevada, had a history of mental illness.The 44-story skyscraper houses financial firms and the National Football League, among other companies.The backstory:

A shooting at a Midtown Manhattan USA office building on USA Monday left at least five people dead, including an off-duty USA NYPD officer, according to sources who spoke with the Associated Press. The gunman, identified as 27-year-old Shane Tamura of Nevada, fatally shot himself after opening fire inside the tower at

345 Park Avenue, which houses top USA financial firms and the National Football League’s New York headquarters.Emergency crews were dispatched around 6:30 p.m., according to the USA FDNY. Surveillance footage reviewed by NYPD showed Tamura exiting a double-parked BMW with an M4-style rifle before walking into the building and firing multiple rounds.

Who was Shane Tamura?

Shane D Tamura has been I'd as the suspect in the shooting at midtown manhattan that left one NYPD officer dead and three civilians dead. Tamura shot at the officer and injured a few civilians and entered a building on 345 Park Avenue that houses multiple corporate offices. He reportedly killed himself on the 33rd floor of the building.

The building sits at the intersection of East 51st Street and Park Avenue, a busy corridor near Grand Central Terminal and just east of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. In the moments following the shooting, video taken by a FOX 5 NY employee showed officers tending to victims on the ground, and several people being carried out of the building by police.

Mayor Eric Adams urged anyone still inside the building to shelter in place while police conducted a floor-by-floor search. He later confirmed multiple deaths and said he had spoken with the family of one of the victims at the hospital.

USA Finance workers at a nearby building told reporters they heard a loud sound and saw people running. "It was like a crowd panic," said Anna Smith, who took cover inside an office building for nearly two hours.

The USA city’s emergency alert system warned of major traffic delays and USA subway disruptions in the area for several hours. FBI agents also responded to the scene to assist with the investigation.

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