A person carrying a rifle killed 4 individuals at a New York Metropolis workplace tower Monday, together with an off-duty New York Metropolis police officer, and wounded a fifth earlier than taking his personal life, officers mentioned.
The officer who was killed was Didarul Islam, 36, an immigrant from Bangladesh who had served as a police officer in New York Metropolis for simply over three years, police Commissioner Jessica Tisch mentioned at a information convention.
“He was doing the job that we requested him to do. He put himself in hurt’s approach. He made the last word sacrifice,” Tisch mentioned. “He died as he lived. A hero.”
Police recognized the gunman as Shane Tamura, of Las Vegas, and mentioned he killed himself. He had a “documented psychological well being historical past,” however the motive remains to be unknown, Tisch mentioned.
“We’re working to know why he focused this explicit location,” Tisch mentioned of 345 Park Avenue, a industrial workplace constructing whose tenants embrace the NFL and Rudin Administration, in addition to finance firms KPMG and Blackstone.
One man was severely injured and stays in important situation, Mayor Eric Adams mentioned. 4 others bought minor accidents making an attempt to flee the scene.
Adams mentioned officers are nonetheless “unraveling” what came about.
A lethal taking pictures in New York Metropolis has left 5 individuals useless, together with a police officer, three civilians and the shooter, in accordance with authorities. The incident occurred in a high traffic space, prompting a swift response from regulation enforcement.
Surveillance video confirmed a person exit a double-parked BMW whereas carrying an M4 rifle earlier than strolling towards the constructing. Tisch mentioned he instantly opened fireplace on the New York Police Division officer as he entered the constructing and shot a lady who tried to take cowl after which started “spraying” the foyer with gunfire.
The person then made his solution to the elevator financial institution and shot a safety guard who was taking cowl behind a safety desk and shot one other man within the foyer, the commissioner mentioned.
The person took the elevator to the thirty third flooring to an actual property administration firm and shot and killed one particular person on the ground. The person then walked down a hallway and shot himself, the commissioner mentioned.
Officers discovered a rifle case, a revolver, magazines and ammunition in his automobile, Tisch mentioned.
She mentioned an preliminary investigation reveals his car traveled throughout the nation by means of Colorado on July 26, then Nebraska and Iowa on July 27 and arrived in Columbia, New Jersey, as not too long ago as 4:24 p.m. Monday. He drove into New York Metropolis shortly thereafter, she mentioned.
Nobody answered the door on the handle listed for Tamura in Las Vegas.
New York Mayor Eric Adams offered updates late Monday evening after a gunman shot 5 individuals in a midtown Manhattan workplace constructing, together with an NYPD officer.
Islam, the killed officer, leaves behind two younger boys, and his spouse is pregnant with their third baby, Tisch mentioned.
The New York Metropolis Hearth Division mentioned emergency crews had been referred to as to the Park Avenue workplace constructing round 6:30 p.m. for a report of somebody shot.
Strains of individuals could possibly be seen evacuating the workplace constructing with their arms above their heads.
Some finance staff at an workplace constructing down the block had been choosing up dinner at a nook eatery once they heard a loud noise and noticed individuals operating.
“It was like a crowd panic,” mentioned Anna Smith, who joined the employees pouring again into the finance workplace constructing. They remained there for about two hours earlier than being informed they may depart.
Tisch says she believes two officers had been working in numerous components of the constructing as a part of a program the place firms can rent NYPD officers to supply safety.
The constructing the place the taking pictures occurred is in a busy space of midtown, situated a brief stroll north from Grand Central Terminal and a couple of block east of St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
Via late July, New York Metropolis is on tempo to have its fewest murders and fewest individuals damage by gunfire than any 12 months in latest a long time.
Eric Tucker reported from Washington. Related Press writers Mike Balsamo, Ruth Brown and Jennifer Peltz contributed from New York, Audrey McAvoy from Honolulu, and Ty O’Neil and Rio Yamat from Las Vegas.
