A police officer and at least four other people were shot and killed, and several others injured, by a crazed gunman who stormed a swanky Midtown skyscraper early Monday evening \u2014 before turning the gun on himself, sources said.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old maniac, identified by sources as Shane Tamura, barged into the 44-story building \u2014 which houses Blackstone and the NFL headquarters \u2014 armed with a rifle and opened fire at around 6:30 p.m. during the evening rush, law enforcement sources told The Post.<\/p>\n
The suspected shooter is seen entering the Manhattan building with a rifle. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n
Police responded to an active shooting in Midtown. James Keivom<\/p>\n
A witness said a large number of shots were fired at 324 Park Avenue. William C Lopez\/New York Post<\/p>\n
Footage posted to social media shows bystanders running for their lives outside the building and workers were also later seen filing out of the high-rise with their hands up. <\/p>\n
A witness on the first floor said that \u201cit sounded like a barrage of shots \u2026Like an automatic weapon. Like a high-capacity weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was at work and this guy came in with an assault rifle and started shooting,\u201d a man, who was gasping for air outside 345 Park Avenue, told The Post shortly after the bullets started flying. <\/p>\n
Sources identified Shane Tamura as the shooter. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n
Chilling images showed the gunman, who\u2019s from Las Vegas, calmly strolling across the Park Avenue building\u2019s entry plaza with an assault rifle at his side before carrying out the carnage.<\/p>\n
Sources told The Post the number of victims are expected to rise and authorities search the high-rise in the aftermath of the mayhem.<\/p>\n
The man is seen wearing a blazer, button down and dark sunglasses outside the building, where one civilian and one cop were critically injured. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n
The rifle used in the shooting is a Palmetto State Armory AR15. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n
At least one police officer at the scene was shot in the back and died at a hospital. Four civilians were also gunned down and several others were injured, sources said.<\/p>\n
After opening fire, Tamura barricaded himself inside the skyscraper and was discovered dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the 33rd floor, where other victims were found, sources said.<\/p>\n
Tamura was seen splayed out on the ground, apparently already dead, in another photo obtained by The Post. <\/p>\n
Tamura\u2019s body seen after taking his own life following the shooting Monday. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t immediately clear what company the 33rd floor houses. <\/p>\n
Tamura is believed to have acted alone, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe scene has been contained and the lone shooter has been neutralized,\u201d she wrote on X just over an hour after the chaos started.<\/p>\n
NYPD responding to calls about an active shooter on at 324 Park Avenue on Monday. William C. Lopez<\/p>\n
The suspect was discovered dead on the 33rd floor of the skyscraper. William C Lopez\/New York Post<\/p>\n
Police recovered Tamura\u2019s rifle, a Palmetto State Armory AR-15 assault rifle, which was smeared with blood.<\/p>\n
A vehicle with Nevada plates registered to Tamura was found at the scene, sources said. <\/p>\n
Tamura had a concealed firearms permit from Las Vegas with a 2027 expiration date, according to a picture of the license obtained by The Post. <\/p>\n
Photos posted to X show who is purported to be frantic Blackstone employees stacking couches and other furniture in front of an office entrance during Tamura\u2019s rampage. <\/p>\n
One man person who apparently works in the Park Avenue tower was seen sitting on a marble stoop outside a nearby building hyperventilating with a bandage around their hand hours after the first shots rang out. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was at work and this guy came in with an assault rifle and started shooting. I was in the lobby at work,\u201d the man said into a phone while calling a loved-one.<\/p>\n
People left the building with their hands raised as the scene was evacuated. William C Lopez\/New York Post<\/p>\n
Oleksandr Stupak, 30, was standing on the street nearby when he heard gunshots ring out \u2014 and watched in shock as armed police flooded the building<\/p>\n
\u201cI was on the one block away and I heard shots being fired and then a bunch of police, they came to neutralize it,\u201d he said. \u201cI went to the Citizen app and it says active shooting. A lot of police started to come. I mean. [It\u2019s ] crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The blocks surrounding the building were flooded with police cars, fire engines, ambulances and first responders, while helicopters filled the sky overhead.<\/p>\n
And footage from the scene showed officers hastily performing CPR on an apparent victim after hauling his limp body in the middle of the street.<\/p>\n
The officer who was killed was from the 47th Precinct. William C Lopez\/New York Post<\/p>\n
Two protesters were arrested after yelling \u2018Free Palestine\u2019 around the time of the shooting William C Lopez\/New York Post<\/p>\n
The FBI and bomb squad has also responded to the scene.<\/p>\n
Mayor Adams has been briefed on the incident, and cautioned New Yorkers to avoid the area.<\/p>\n
The 36-year-old slain officer was from the 47 Precinct, but was working a paid detail for the owner of the building, Rudin Properties, at the time of the shooting, sources said.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s been on the force since December 2021 and leaves behind a wife, who is eighth months pregnant, according to a high ranking police source. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, two apparent protesters, including one who yelled,\u00a0\u201cFree Palestine, I\u2019m not the shooter,\u201d\u00a0were arrested outside of the building around the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n
Additional reporting by Tina Moore<\/p>\n
This is a breaking story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A police officer and at least four other people were shot and killed, and several others injured, by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,5871,3,4036,35045,4382,452,453,194],"class_list":["post-43979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-metro","tag-news","tag-nypd","tag-park-avenue","tag-shootings","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}