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SU alumnus in stable condition after Midtown Manhattan office shooting

SU alumnus in stable condition after Midtown Manhattan office shooting

A Syracuse University alumnus was severely injured after a lone gunman killed four people in a Midtown Manhattan office building July 28. The suspect killed four people before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Ike Wood | Assistant Photo Editor

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A Syracuse University alumnus was severely injured after a lone gunman killed four people in a Midtown Manhattan office building on July 28, an SU spokesperson confirmed Monday.

Craig Clementi, a 2006 SU graduate and current employee of the National Football League, is in stable condition and receiving treatment in a New York City hospital, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday in a staff-wide memo.

The shooting occurred Monday evening in a building located at 345 Park Ave. and 52nd Street, which contains the headquarters for the NFL and investment company Blackstone, among other companies.

The suspect was identified by police as 27-year-old Las Vegas resident Shane Devon Tamura. He entered the building just before 6:30 p.m. Monday with an M4 assault rifle. He killed four people before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The four victims include an off-duty New York Police Department officer, a Blackstone executive, a Rudin Management employee and a building security guard.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said in interviews that Tamura was attempting to enter the NFL offices but mistakenly took the wrong elevator, ending up on the 33rd floor occupied by Rudin Management.

While providing an update on Clementi’s status, Goodell said all other NFL personnel are believed to be safe and accounted for.

“A gunman committed an unspeakable act of violence in our building at 345 Park Avenue,” Goodell said. “The employee is in stable condition and NFL staff are at the hospital supporting his family.”

Clementi currently works in the NFL’s finance department. Records from SU’s Whitman School of Management show he took a job with Deloitte in 2006 after finishing his undergraduate degree.

Police said Tamura had a history of mental illness. He was found with a three-page note in his wallet detailing a grievance he had against the NFL over a claim he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease better known as CTE.

The disease has been commonly linked to concussions and repeated head trauma in sports like football, and can only be diagnosed if the person is dead.

Tamura played high school football roughly a decade ago in California and never played in the NFL. The note referenced former NFL player Terry Long, who committed suicide in 2005 and was later diagnosed with CTE. The note also accused the NFL of hiding the dangers to players’ brains to make a profit.

Police said they have not yet confirmed a motive for the shooter’s actions.

This post will be updated with additional reporting.

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