By: APB Staff Writer
Just days after a mass shooting took place outside and inside of 345 Park Avenue at East 52nd Street, New Yorkers are trying to get back to a sense of normalcy.
The shooting left four people dead including an off-duty New York City police officer and a number injured. Detectives from the NYPD Crime Scene Unit remain at the building studying the layout and trying to get a better sense of how the incident took place.
Two shattered lobby windows were boarded up in the wake of the violence created by 27-year-old Shane Tamura, who opened fire first in the lobby and then on the 33rd floor of the office complex before fatally shooting himself in the chest.
Detectives now say there was a second note left in Tamura’s Las Vegas apartment addressed to his parents, which might offer more of an explanation of why he did this – offering an apology.
The NYPD said at a series of news conferences that Tamura’s gripe was with the National Football League who is based in the building – stating he was angry with the league with head injuries sustained by players over the years claiming he sustained the same brain injuries when he played high school football.
Among the victims was NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, who had been working a private security detail inside the building when Tamura entered and opened fire in the lobby.
Islam’s death shook the police department to its core that this happened as off-duty officers are allowed to accept private security work with permission from the department.
This is a developing story!