An NFL worker is among the many wounded in Monday's lethal taking pictures inside a Midtown skyscraper that housed the league's places of work.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell informed league staffers in a letter, seen by The Publish, Monday evening, that certainly one of their very own had been “critically injured” within the taking pictures at 345 Park Avenue that took the lives of an off-duty NYPD officer and three others.
“He's presently within the hospital and in steady situation. NFL workers are on the hospital and we're supporting his household,” Goodell wrote within the message, whereas assuring league workers that “all of our staff are in any other case protected and accounted for.”
Mayhem erupted in Midtown when a rifle-wielding gunman, who police recognized as Shane Tamura, walked into the 44-story workplace constructing that homes the NFL's places of work, together with Blackstone and different companies and killed 4 folks earlier than he took his personal life.
Officers haven't recognized three of the victims, however launched the identify of the fallen NYPD officer throughout a late-night information convention as 36-year-old Didarul Islam.
In his letter to NFL staff, Goodell praised regulation enforcement's fast response and the heroism of Officer Islam.
“We're deeply grateful to the regulation enforcement officers who responded to this menace rapidly and decisively and to Officer Islam, who gave his life to guard others,” he wrote.
The NFL places of work occupy flooring 5 by way of eight contained in the Midtown constructing.
NFL staff had been informed to shelter in place when the chaos started, ESPN reported.
Metropolis officers detailed the harrowing occasions that unfolded Monday night at 345 Park Avenue throughout a press convention.
Tamura, a 27-year-old Las Vegas resident, walked into the constructing at 6:30 p.m. armed with a rifle and started taking pictures within the foyer.
He made his strategy to the thirty third ground, the place he finally took his personal life.
New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch have been each visibly shaken in the course of the press convention.
Adams had informed reporters that one man had been critically injured and was in essential situation and 4 others had suffered minor accidents as they fled.
No motive for the taking pictures is understood, but it surely was famous that he had a “documented psychological well being historical past.”
“His motives are nonetheless beneath investigation. We're working to grasp why he focused this specific location,” Tisch stated.
