The brain of depraved shooter Shane Tamura could possibly be tested for chronic traumatic encephalopathy during an examination of his body, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday.
The city’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner will determine if the 27-year-old ex-football player’s brain will be studied for CTE, Adams told CNN.
“The ME, medical examiner here in the city, he would make that determination on the next steps in collaboration with the district attorney in Manhattan County,” Adams said.
Tamura, who was a high school football star, left behind notes that claimed he suffered from the brain condition that is often the result of taking hits to the head.
The medical examiner’s office, in an email, did not commit to specifically probing CTE – but said a general examination of the brain would take place as part of the autopsy.
How the shooting unfolded
- Reports of the shooting at 345 Park Ave. start coming in around 6:28 p.m.
- Shane Tamura, 27, is seen getting out of a black BMW between 51st and 52nd streets with an M4 rifle.
- He enters the lobby and turns right, where he shoots police officer Didarul Islam, 36, dead.
- Tamura guns down a woman cowering behind a pillar in the lobby, sprays more bullets and walks toward the elevator bank — where he shoots dead a security guard crouching at his desk.
- One more man reports being shot and injured in the lobby. He was in critical but stable condition.
- The gunman allows a woman to walk out of the elevators unharmed before heading up to the 33rd floor, where building owner Rudin Properties’ offices are located, “and begins to walk the floor, firing as he traveled.”
- One man is shot and killed on that floor before Tamura shoots himself in the chest.
- It’s unclear how long the mayhem lasted. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch posted on X at 7:52 p.m.: “The scene has been contained and the lone shooter has been neutralized.”
When asked specifically about testing for CTE, the medical examiner’s office said it can’t comment on an ongoing probe.
The Post has sought comment from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
