Shane Tamura, a former high school football player but never among the professionals, was convinced of suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy. And in the sheets that were found in his pocket he asked to study his brain
The Manhattan killer, the attacker who in the New York skyscraper where the NFL also killed 4 people, would be a former football player who thought he was suffering from CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), a brain disease caused (also) by repeated heads received, often found in military veterans and athletes. And according to information reported by the most important US information bodies, Shane Tamura, 27 -year -old white, before committing suicide, shooting themselves had as its objective to hit the Football headquarters. And that’s why.
The sheets in your pocket
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Three sheets of paper were found in a tamper pocket. In the first, he accused the NFL of hiding the dangers for the brain caused by the blows received by the players in order to maximize the profits, in the second he mentioned the CTE by blaming the football and in the third it was written: “Study my brain, please. I’m sorry”.
the disease
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a widespread disease among football, hockey and boxing players. It cannot be diagnosed with certainty to a person alive, but doctors can suspect it on the basis of the symptoms and history of cranial trauma. Symptoms include memory loss, mood changes, confusion and difficulty thinking clearly.
former player
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Tamura played football at high school in Los Angeles, but never on a professional level. According to some sources, the police would not have found any proof that suffered from CTE and would not even have any direct link with the NFL, but according to the mayor of New York Eric Adams “it seems that he was hunting to the employees of the Nations Football League”. After the shooting Tamura committed suicide in the Rudin Management offices, on the 33rd floor of the building.
Wrong lift
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“From our preliminary investigations, it seems that he took the wrong lift to reach the NFL headquarters,” Adams said to the CBS. “Instead, he arrived at Rudin Management, where he shot other employees again and killed.” Four victims. Two were identified: a Blackstone manager, wife and mother, and a police officer, father of two children with a third arrival. A fifth person was injured and was transported to the hospital in critical conditions where it was subjected to surgery. The police tracked down the movements of the BMW of Tamura through several states since he left Nevada last Saturday and entered New York on Monday, about two hours before the shooting.
mental problems
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Tamura had two hospitalizations in Nevada, one in 2022 and the other in 2024, behind him. A source of the Las Vegas police reported that Tamura also obtained the CCW, the license for the port of hidden weapons, in 2022 and that it also has a previous arrest for home violation.
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