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Viral image shows Manhattan shooter dead with assault rifle in hand
The authorities have identified Shane Tamura as the gunman who opened fire inside a Midtown Manhattan building in New York City on Monday.
In a chilling image now viral on social media, the body of the gunman believed to be involved in Monday’s deadly shooting at a Manhattan office building in New York is seen lying motionless, one hand still gripping the assault rifle used in the rampage.
Police said the scene, an office tower block at 345 Park Avenue home to hedge fund giant Blackstone, auditor KPMG and the National Football League, had been “contained and the lone shooter is dead.”
Shooter identified
Meanwhile, the authorities have identified Shane Tamura as the gunman who opened fire inside a Midtown Manhattan building in New York City on Monday, killing at least four people.
Tamura is reportedly a Las Vegas native. According to unconfirmed reports, he is 27 years old. He is a former football player and reportedly holds a concealed carry permit from Nevada, a photo of which has surfaced on social media.
What exactly happened?
The chaos began around 6:00 pm (2200 GMT) when reports of gunfire prompted hundreds of police to a busy office district on the storied Park Avenue, an area popular with tourists and visiting businesspeople.
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A worker from a nearby office building wept as she left the area after a local lockdown was lifted, while another described a gunman going floor to floor as staff prepared to leave for the day.
Office worker Shad Sakib told AFP that he was packing his things to leave work when a public address announcement warned him and his colleagues to shelter in place.
"Everyone was confused with like, 'wait, what's going on?' And then someone finally realised that it's online, that someone walked in with a machine gun," said the witness who wore a grey suit jacket.
“He walked right into a building right next door. We saw the photo of him walking through the same area that I walked through to get lunch here," he said.
