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Medical examiner says gunman in NYC shooting at NFL headquarters had CTE
NBC News· 2025-09-26 23:21
Uh we are just learning the gunman in the mass shooting at the NFL headquarters in Manhattan had low stage CTE. That's according to New York City's top medical examiner. You remember Shane Tamora shot and killed four people, including a police officer before shooting himself inside a high-rise office building in July.Police later found a note in Tamora's pocket where he claimed to have had traumatic brain injury and blamed the NFL for, in his words, uh concealing the dangers to players brains to maximize pr ...
Medical examiner says gunman who attacked Manhattan office building had CTE
NBC News· 2025-09-26 19:46
The New York City Chief Medical Examiner says a gunman who attacked a Midtown Manhattan building office had the neurological condition known as CTE. The shooting happened at a Park Avenue high-rise on July 28th that's home to several tenants, including the National Football League. Five people died, including the gunman.CTE has been linked to repeated head trauma, suffered in contact sports like football. In a note, the gunman claimed he had the condition and wanted his brain to be studied. ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-08-01 14:00
The former football player who fatally shot four people and himself in New York claimed to have a poorly understood brain disease called CTE. Here's why we still know relatively little about it https://t.co/xoTebwBxn7 ...
What We Know about the NYC shooter
NBC News· 2025-07-31 19:30
Tom, you've been covering this horrific murder and the followup. So, tell me about the suspect. What do we know about him.Well, the individual uh Shane Tamura comes from Las Vegas, Nevada, and apparently drove himself across the country. Seen in New Jersey yesterday on I80, presumably moving eastbound uh towards New York City. By the way, big question among law enforcement is whether or not traffic yesterday delayed him from getting into the city.Could this have been so much worse if he was able to get to t ...
The years-long history between CTE and the NFL
NBC News· 2025-07-30 22:03
The league not responding to our request for comment on the shooter's claims as this latest act of violence, while we don't know yet if driven by CTE, bringing new attention to the brain disease's impact. The disease reemerging in public consciousness after Dr. . Omalo's 2002 autopsy of Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame Center Iron Mike Webster, who battled dementia and depression before dying of a heart attack at age 50.BU's data shows a football player's likelihood of developing CTE doubles for every two a ...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams on Manhattan office shooting investigation
CNBC Television· 2025-07-30 13:47
It is still unfolding and these investigations are thorough and the investigators are highly highly qualified in getting to the facts. We sent uh two separate teams to Los Las Vegas. One of them is specifically looking at the gun that was used and the gun that was in the vehicle.And the second team is conducting a search warrant of the home of the perpetrator. We do know that the gun that was used in the shooting, a part of the gun, the lower part was given to the perpetrator that carried out the shooting. ...
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The Wall Street Journal· 2025-07-30 09:53
Shortly after Shane Tamura was identified as the shooter at the NFL’s Park Avenue headquarters, investigators found a clue to his potential motive: He believed he had CTE https://t.co/pKNANClJ2J ...
Suspect may have targeted NFL headquarters in Manhattan shooting
NBC News· 2025-07-30 00:01
Tonight, police say chilling new evidence may point to why this man, Shane Deon Tamura, armed himself with an AR-15 style rifle and opened fire in a skyscraper that's home to NFL headquarters. >> Access shooter. We're getting multiple calls from 345 Park Avenue.>> Four people were shot dead. That rifle later recovered, smeared with blood. A three-page suicide note found in Tomorrow's wallet and reviewed by NBC News contains several references to CTE, a degenerative brain disease that's been linked to contac ...
NYC gunman's note sparks discussion around CTE risks in contact sports
NBC News· 2025-07-29 22:51
CTE & Contact Sports - The report discusses a case referencing NFL sports and Terry Long, a Pittsburgh Steelers player who died by suicide [1] - Contact sports history is linked to CTE, but definitive diagnosis requires autopsy [2] - Autopsy is essential for tissue diagnosis of CTE, differentiating it from Alzheimer's [2] Clinical Diagnosis & Support - Clinical symptoms are improving, potentially heralding CTE for early support [3] - Improved clinical diagnosis aims to better support former players at risk, especially for suicide [3]