NYC shooting: 4 killed in office tower identified; shooter was employed by Las Vegas casino

NEW YORK — Four people, including an off-duty New York City police officer, were killed Monday when a gunman carrying an AR-15-style rifle opened fire inside a Midtown Manhattan office tower, authorities said.

A fifth person was also critically injured, and the suspected gunman fatally shot himself, police said.

Rudin employee killed was Julia Hyman

Update 2:52 p.m. ET July 29: Julia Hyman, 27, who began working at Rudin Management as an associate in November, was on the 33rd floor when the shooter emerged from an elevator, The New York Times reported.

Her identification was confirmed by a person with knowledge of the matter who declined to be named because Hyman’s family has not publicly released her name.

Hyman was a graduate of the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration in Ithaca, New York, according to her LinkedIn account, and attended Riverdale Country School in the Bronx.

Medical examiner will perform autopsy on shooter

Update 2:12 p.m. ET July 29: The New York City medical examiner’s office said in a statment that it would perform an autopsy on the gunman, including an examination of his brain.

That will include testing for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) a degenerative disease that can definitively be diagnosed only after an autopsy.

“We are investigating and will provide the cause and manner of death determination when available,” the statement said.

Janitor killed by shooter, union president says

Update 11:58 a.m. ET July 29: Manny Pastreich, president of a union representing about 90,000 New York City workers, including security guards and janitors, said that Aland Etienne was one of the victims of Monday’s shooting.

Etienne worked as a security guard at the building where the shooting occurred, according to a statement by Pastreich. He was shot while he ducked behind a security desk to take cover, police said.

Pastreich, the president of Union 32BJ, described Etienne as a dedicated employee “who took his job duties extremely seriously,” and called him “a New York hero.”

“We will remember him as such,” Pastreich said.

Gunman was employed by Vegas casino

Update 11:44 a.m. ET July 29: The gunman in Monday’s shooting in Midtown Manhattan, Shane Devon Tamura, was employed by the Horseshoe Las Vegas hotel and casino, a spokesperson confirmed in a statement.

“We can confirm that Shane Devon Tamura was a surveillance department employee at Horseshoe Las Vegas,” the statement read. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and all those affected by this tragic event. We are cooperating with law enforcement and will not be commenting further."

Rudin says employee was killed

Update 11:21 a.m. ET July 29: Rudin Management issued a statement on Tuesday, stating that a “cherished colleague was one of the four people killed by a gunman during Monday’s shooting at 345 Park Avenue. The Rudins’ real estate family owns the building.

The company did not name the victim.

“The Rudin family and everyone at our company are devastated by yesterday’s senseless tragedy,” the statement said. “The building will remain closed today as the authorities continue their investigations. As New Yorkers, we stand shoulder to shoulder in the face of this hatred, we grieve with the families and loved ones of those lost, and we pray for the full recovery of those injured.”

Trump, Cuomo react to shooting

Update 9:25 a.m. ET July 29: President Donald Trump expressed his condolences in a statement following the deadly shooting in Manhattan that left four people dead.

“I have been briefed on the tragic shooting that took place in Manhattan, a place that I know and love. I trust our Law Enforcement Agencies to get to the bottom of why this crazed lunatic committed such a senseless act of violence,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post Tuesday. “My heart is with the families of the four people who were killed, including the NYPD Officer, who made the ultimate sacrifice.

“God Bless the New York Police Department, and God Bless New York!”

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running for mayor of New York City as an independent, also reacted to the shooting. Cuomo posted a statement on social media about the officer who was killed.

“Officer Didarul Islam’s courage was as boundless as his love for this city. He gave his life protecting New Yorkers. A hero. We honor his sacrifice and the quiet bravery of every N.Y.P.D. officer who stands the watch so we can live free.”

Blackstone employee killed

Update 8:41 a.m. ET July 29: A Blackstone employee was one of the four people killed when a gunman opened fire at a Midtown Manhattan office building, the private equity firm said in a statement on Tuesday.

“We are heartbroken to share that our colleague, Wesley LePatner, was among those who lost their lives in the tragic incident at 345 Park Avenue. Words cannot express the devastation we feel,” the company wrote. “Wesley was a beloved member of the Blackstone family and will be sorely missed.

“She was brilliant, passionate, warm, generous, and deeply respected within our firm and beyond. She embodied the best of Blackstone. Our prayers are with her husband, children and family. We are also saddened by the loss of the other innocent victims as well, including brave security personnel and N.Y.P.D.”

LePatner was a senior employee at the firm. She was the global head of its Core+ Real Estate business and the chief executive of the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, The New York Times reported.

Original report: The slain officer was identified as Didarul Islam, 36, according to The New York Times. A 3 1/2-year veteran of the department and an immigrant from Bangladesh, Islam was working at 345 Park Avenue in a private security role, Mayor Eric Adams said during a news conference.

“He was saving lives. He was protecting New Yorkers,” Adams told reporters. “He embodies what this city is all about. He’s a true blue New Yorker, not only in a uniform he wore.”

“He died as he lived. A hero,” police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

She said that the officer was married with two young boys, and his wife was pregnant with their third child.

The office building serves as the headquarters of the NFL, with officials occupying floors five through eight. Some of the nation’s top financial firms are also based in the building, including investment giant Blackstone and the accounting and financial advisory firm KPMG.

The gunman was identified as Shane Tamura, 27, of Las Vegas. He had a “documented mental health history,” but the motive is still unknown, Tisch said.

“We are working to understand why he targeted this particular location,” Tisch said.

Tamura was licensed to carry a gun in Nevada, the commissioner said. The BMW was registered to Tamura; inside the vehicle, police found a rifle case with rounds, a loaded revolver, ammunition and magazines, as well as a backpack and prescription medication.

Tisch said 911 dispatchers began receiving reports of an active shooter at about 6:28 p.m. ET.

Surveillance video showed a man exiting a double-parked BMW and carrying a rifle before he walked toward the building. He opened fire on the NYPD officer as he entered the building and shot a woman who tried to take cover. The man began “spraying” the lobby with gunfire, Tisch said.

The gunman then walked to the building’s elevator bank and shot a security guard who was taking cover behind a security desk. He shot another man in the lobby, Tisch said.

The gunman took an elevator to the 33rd floor to Rudin Management’s office and shot one person, Tisch said.

The suspect then walked down a hallway and fatally shot himself, she added.

Darin Laing, who works in the building, said he had walked out with a colleague to get dinner when he heard about 20 shots in rapid succession.

“My co-worker was like, ‘Did you hear that, did you hear that?’” Laing told the Times.

Then he heard screams and saw men and women in business attire running out of the building in every direction.

Tisch told reporters that Tamura’s BMW was recorded passing through Colorado on Saturday, then Nebraska and Iowa on Sunday. The car was in Columbia, New Jersey, as recently as 4:24 p.m. ET on Monday. Tamrua then drove into New York City shortly thereafter, she said.

Public records revealed that Tamura spent part of his youth in California and played high school football in Granada Hills, the Times reported.

Mason Thomas, a high school football teammate of the suspected shooter, said it was “mind-blowing” to see an old high school teammate as the subject of a fatal shooting spree.

“There was nothing from the little I knew about him that would have indicated anything like this,” Thomas told the Times. “At practice, there were never any issues I can remember. He never had issues with anybody.”

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