Shooting at Blackstone, NFL, KPMG Building
Past security: A gunman walked into a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan yesterday evening and began shooting, killing four people and injuring a fifth. Three of the people were killed in the building’s lobby, including a New York City Police Department officer, 36-year-old Didarul Islam. The fourth person was killed on the 33rd floor. Among the dead are one Blackstone executive and one NFL employee, though names have not yet been released.
The shooter has been identified as 27-year-old Nevada man Shane Devon Tamura. Tamura killed himself soon after shooting his final victim. Law enforcement says he has a “documented mental health history” but gave no details as to what that entails. His firearm appears to have been legally obtained.
Tamura’s suicide note alleged that he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a brain disease linked to head trauma, according to a source. “In the note, he asked that his brain be studied and wrote: ‘You can’t go against the NFL, they’ll squash you,'” per CNN. “Multiple sources told CNN Tamura was a competitive football player in his youth. CTE is commonly associated with football players, and studies show that repetitive hits to the head can result in the disease. The NFL offices are on the fifth floor of the office tower that Tamura attacked.”
The site of the shooting, 345 Park Avenue, is an office building that houses consulting firm KPMG, investment firm Blackstone, and corporate offices for the NFL. It’s in Midtown Manhattan—designated a gun-free zone several years ago, which clearly has not worked.
What we know about those who were killed: The NYPD officer, Didarul Islam, leaves behind an eight-months-pregnant wife and two children. An immigrant from Bangladesh, he had reportedly been on the force since December 2021, per The New York Post, working out of a precinct in the Bronx. On Monday, he was off duty working as building security but in his NYPD uniform. God rest his soul.
We don’t know much about the motivations of the shooter, but many have started speculating:
i swear if this dude has a manifesto on blackstone buying the SFRs and rose twitter turns him into the next luigi
— nic carter (@nic__carter) July 29, 2025
Based on what we know so far, that does not seem right. This does not appear to be similar to the December shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson by Luigi Mangione, which was more explicitly politically motivated.
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