A background check on Shane Tamura had not been been completed before he purchased the AR-style weapon used to fatally shoot four people in Manhattan.
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New information shows Shane Tamura was placed on a “L2K” mental health hold in 2022 and again in 2024, two months before he purchased the firearm he used to kill four and himself in New York City.
The shooter who killed four people in a Manhattan office building housing the NFL’s headquarters had sought medical treatment for debilitating headaches, ESPN reported on Sunday.
Authorities confiscated several items from a Las Vegas apartment tied to a gunman who used an AR-15-style rifle to kill four people in Manhattan, according to records made public Friday.
Attorney Chris Rasmussen said the killer’s boss, Rick Ackley, “did everything right. The transfer was through a federal firearms licensee and it was all lawful.”
Under Nevada law, being placed on an emergency mental health crisis hold in a psychiatric hospital is not enough to prevent you from being able to purchase a gun in the future.
Shane Tamura, the Las Vegas man responsible for a NYC shooting that left 4 dead, blamed football and the NFL for his perceived struggle with the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Tamura used an AR-15 style semiautomatic rifle in Monday’s shooting that he assembled using a lower receiver purchased by an associate.
Details about Shane Tamura’s life have emerged after the Las Vegas man fatally shot four people in a New York City skyscraper before turning his gun on himself.
A Las Vegas man who killed four people in Manhattan had been arrested at Red Rock Resort two years earlier.
New York City’s mayor said a Las Vegas man who drove across the country to carry out a shooting that left four people dead was targeting the NFL headquarters.
A man from Las Vegas stalked through a Manhattan office tower firing a rifle, killing four people, before taking his own life, officials said.