The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the US The man who killed four people inside a Manhattan office tower this summer was suffering from a degenerative brain disease, a city medical examiner said Friday, confirming the gunman’s own self-diagnosis.Shane Tamura, 27, had “unambiguous diagnostic evidence” of low-stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy, commonly known as CTE, according to the New York City medical examiner.Tamura, a Las Vegas casino worker, carried out the mass shooting on July 28, spraying bullets into the lobby of a Manhattan office building housing the headquarters of the NFL, which he accused of hiding evidence of the brain injury.Among the dead were a police officer, a security guard and two people who worked at companies in the building. An NFL employee was badly wounded but survived.In a three-page note found in his wallet, Tamura said he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy — diagnosable only after death — and implored those who found him: “Study my brain.”Among his grievances against the NFL was a claim that the league put its profits ahead of player safety by concealing the harm CTE, and football, can cause.
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Gunman who killed 4 in Manhattan office tower that houses NFL had CTE, medical examiner confirms
