Shane Tamura killed five people in an unprecedented massacre in New York, and then took his own life. Now the first assumptions have emerged about what could have triggered such behavior.
According to American media, he had documents with him indicating that he was not satisfied with how the NFL was addressing the problem that has become a chronic issue for players.
Namely, it is about CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), which is actually a neurodegenerative brain disease, and it is assumed that it is caused by repeated head trauma and has similar symptoms to Alzheimer’s disease.
Evidence has been found in a large number of players who posthumously donated their brains for scientific research. Interestingly, the NFL long denied that this problem existed, but players legally and medically fought in every way to get compensation.
šŗšø At least 5 people were killed in a shooting in a Manhattan high-rise in New York, the New York Post reports.
— ŠŠ°rina Wolf (@volkova_ma57183) July 29, 2025
According to the publication, a "crazed man" opened fire inside the skyscraper, which also houses the NFL headquarters. pic.twitter.com/F6A1wO3k3O
The NFL is an organization whose offices are located on the fifth floor of the building Tamura broke into. He opened fire in the building’s lobby, then entered the elevator. The elevator allegedly took him to the 33rd floor where he shot as he walked, and then turned the weapon on himself.
One NFL employee was injured during the shooting.
“An employee of the National Football League (NFL), whose corporate headquarters are located in the building where the shooting occurred on Monday, was seriously injured but is in stable condition,” stated an internal memo to employees sent by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. This information was reported by American NBC.
All other employees were safe.
New York City shooter Shane Tamura was once a high school football star, winning six awards and later playing in Canada.
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) July 29, 2025
The building he targeted today housed NFL headquarters. pic.twitter.com/FmythFKzF2
Caleb Clark, his classmate, said of Tamura that he was “the biggest joker in the world and the class clown.”
They played American football together until Tamura transferred to Granada Hills in 2015. They kept in touch, and that’s how it was learned that Tamura worked at a casino in Las Vegas, where he also had a permit to carry a weapon.
“You would never think that violence could be linked to him. He knew how to joke about people, but that was typical. Shane was a joker. Everything he said was in jest. He was full of energy,” his childhood friend said.
“I have the impression that it was truly possible for him. I don’t think he walked around saying, ‘One day I’m going to play NFL games.’ I think it was more that everyone else told him how good he wasā¦ how special,” Clark emphasized.
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