A video has surfaced of Shane Tamura, the 27-year-old who opened fire at the Park Avenue building containing the league’s headquarters, on Monday night, talking about his high school football career.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams says police believe Tamura targeted the NFL offices at 345 Park Avenue, but took the wrong elevator and ended up on the wrong floor.
Tamura killed four people before turning his weapon on himself.
A note was found on Tamura’s body, in which the shooter claimed he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a traumatic brain condition commonly associated with football, and blamed the NFL for hiding the seriousness of the disease to maintain profits.
A video from September 2015 shows Tamura, then a high school football player and a senior at Granada Hills Charter School in Los Angeles, California, recapping his performance in a victory over Kennedy High School.
“Right before the play, coach asked me if the 2-screen was open,” Tamura said. “I told him ‘yes. I got this coach.’ I caught the pass and weaved my way down and then broke free. I ran as hard as I could.”
