2025 Midtown Manhattan shooting
mass shooting in Manhattan, New York City on 28 July 2025
On July 28, 2025, a mass shooting occurred at 345 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. The incident began at 6:28 p.m. EDT (UTC–4). A gunman identified as 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura, wearing body armor, fired an AR-15–style rifle inside the building killing four people, including a New York City police officer who was off-duty and working as security. Tamura committed suicide after barricading himself on the 33rd floor of the building. The mass shooting is the deadliest in New York City since the 2000 Wendy's massacre in Queens. The perpetrator's motive is being investigated by police.
Shooting
Tamura left his home in Las Vegas on July 26 driving to Manhattan, New York, and was spotted in Colorado on July 26 and between Nebraska and Iowa on July 27. He stopped in Columbia, New Jersey, on July 28 shortly before arriving in New York City.
After parking his car nearby, Tamura walked inside 345 Park Avenue, where he fatally shot police officer Didarul Islam and a woman who had taken cover behind a pillar.
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