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A gunman who opened fire inside a New York City skyscraper on Monday, killing four people, tried to target the NFL‘s headquarters but took the wrong elevator, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Tuesday.
Adams told reporters that investigators believe Shane Tamura of Las Vegas entered the building with the intent to reach the NFL‘s offices but accessed the wrong set of elevator banks.
“He seemed to have blamed the NFL,” Adams said. “The NFL headquarters was located in the building, and he mistakenly went up the wrong elevator bank.”
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A suicide note was discovered in the suspect’s back pocket that said he suffered from CTE, CNN reported, citing an unnamed source with knowledge of the investigation.
The degenerative brain disease has been linked to repeated trauma to the head, including concussions, common in contact sports like football. Symptoms can be used to diagnose suspected CTE in the living, but can only be confirmed through a post-mortem examination of the brain because it requires examination of brain tissue.
Football “gave me CTE and it caused me to drink a gallon of antifreeze,” the note read, according to CNN. “You can’t go against the NFL, they’ll squash you.”
The note also asked for the suspect’s brain to be studied, according to CNN, which said Tamura was a competitive football player in his youth.
This is a developing story and it will be updated.