Midtown Manhatthan Shooter May Have Been Targeting NFL Offices 

The gunman who opened fire in a Midtown Manhattan office building late Monday afternoon may have been targeting the floor of the building that housed offices of the National Football League, the New York Times reports. 

The man, identified by authorities as Shane Devon Tamura, 27, shot himself dead with AR-15-style rifle after killing a police officer and three other people in the office building at 345 Park Avenue. 

Now it’s been reported that a three-page note was found on Tamura that mentioned chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., as it’s widely known, a brain disease caused by repeated concussions that directly impacts people who play sports like football. People can only be confirmed to have CTE after death. 

“Study my brain please,” the note reportedly said. “I’m sorry.”

The National Football League confirmed in a statement that one of its employees was harmed during the attack. 

“He is currently in the hospital and in stable condition,” Roger Goodell, the league’s commissioner, said in the statement. The identity of the employee has not been confirmed. 

Aside from pleading for his brain to be studied, Tamura’s note also disparaged the NFL for obscuring the harms of CTE He also mentioned former NFL player Terry Long, who killed himself in 2005 by drinking antifreeze.