He stroke happened in Plenary Manhattan Centerha Shocked to New York City and the world of American sports. The person in charge, Shane Devon Tamuraformer American football player but without reaching professional, turned his particular ‘vendetta‘ against the NFL In a massacre that exposes, once againthe concern for the mental health of athletes and armed violence.
The first investigations suggest that Its objective was the headquarters of the NFLto which He was responsible for his neurological problemsbut their actions left behind A tragic balance of victims and an open debate about the security and impact of injuries on football.
A fatal trip and an accusatory note
Shane Devon Tamura, a young man from 27 years Born in Las Vegas, he led for days until the Big Apple. Armed with an assault riflebroke into the emblematic building 345 of Park Avenue, where shot indiscriminately before committing suicide on plant 33, A few meters from the NFL offices and of the Blackstone firm.
In your pocket, Police found a note in which Tamura blamed the NFL of their brain diseasethe Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE, for its acronym in English), and He asked that his brain was studied after death. According to the note, Tamura wrote: “You can’t go against the NFL, they will crush you”.
The attacker himself never played in the professional NFL, but Yes, he was an outstanding athlete in American football in California. In fact One of his coaches At the Golden Valley Institute, Dan Kelley, he only remembered Tamura as “A good athlete” And several of his excommunicer They stated that it was A quiet, quiet boy who never showed a bad attitude.
The attack and its victims
He shooting began Around 18:20 local timeWhen tamura It parked in double row and entered the building armed. Over there shot and killed to four peopleamong them the agent of security Didarul Islam, and caused several injured more than were hospitalized. Emergency teams evacuated the building while panic in the center of Manhattan was lived.
The attacker’s profile and the fight against NFL
Shane Tamura had worked as Safety guard in Las Vegas and had a history of mental health problems. According to the New York Police Commissioner, Jessica Tisch, “Our partners in Las Vegas informed us about their mental health history.” Tamura made the long trip Dam obsession for blaming the American football league of his brain ailment.
He mayor of New York, Eric Adamsit was blunt: “We have lost four lives in another meaningless act of armed violence“Adams said that The initial investigation indicates that Tamura tried to reach the NFL offices when He took the wrong elevator inside the building.
He Commissioner of the NFL, Roger Goodellsaid: “We are deeply grateful to the agents of the order who responded quickly and decision.”
The debate on health in sport and armed violence
The Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a degenerative disease that affects many former players for the Repeated blows in the head, as in other disciplines such as contact sports. Tamura, whose football career ended after high school, claimed to be a victim of this ailment And he pointed out directly to the NFL as responsible for its mental deterioration.
Films like ‘The truth hurts’ (2015) starring Will Smith reflect The effect that constant blows can cause in the human braingenerating dementia or even psychotic outbreaks. The event revives the debate in the United States on access to weapons and the Mental health In the contact sport.
The authorities They continue to investigate the final motivations of Shane Tamura and If your trip to New York was improvised o Fruit of a methodical planning guided by the resentment against the league and its own disease.
