Man who killed four people in New York City building containing NFL headquarters had CTE | New York
The mass shooter who suspected that he had a CTE when he killed four people and himself in an office building in Manhattan in July had degenerative brain disease, New York Legalist said on Friday.
Shane Tamura, who was 27 years old and played football in high school, had “unambiguous diagnostic evidence” Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the medical examiner discovered. The condition, which cannot be diagnosed posthumously, is caused by a repeated exposure to the head trauma and is most often associated with the United States with football players, in particular those who have reached the NFL.
The medical examiner “found unambiguous diagnostic evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, also known as CTE, in the deceased brain fabric,” the press release said. “The results correspond to the classification of the CTE at low floor, according to the current consensus criteria.”
The medical examiner carried out an examination of the brain as part of the Criminal Autopsy of Tamura after the authorities found a note left by the attacker at the scene of the July 28 shootout, in which he expressed anger that his mental problems could have been linked to playing football and asking his brain to be studied for CTE.
Tamura said he had undergone brain trauma and blamed the NFL to “hide the players’ brain dangers to maximize profits”. “Study my brain please. I’m sorry,” he wrote.
Although he has never played in the NFL, the authorities said that Tamura, who led through the country of Las Vegas to New York, was aimed at the NFL seat, which is located on another floor of the Park Avenue building where the shooting took place.
Four people were killed during the shooting: a security guard at 345 Park Avenue, a Blackstone executive, a police officer and a Rudin Management employee.
Although the CTE is most often associated with professional athletes such as former football players, boxers and hockey players, it was also found among athlete students, including those who did not do sports after high school or college.
Over the years, evidence has surfaced that collisions between players, who are routine in football and even those who do not seem to be as graphic as others – can be devastating for the health of athletes.
Tamura played football in high school in California about ten years ago. His family had previously declared that he suffered from migraines and mental illness, as well as multiple concussion.
Dr. Ann McKee, director of the Boston University Cte Center, who studied the brain of thousands of athletes, soldiers and other exposed to cerebral trauma, said little about the link between the violent impulsive behavior and the CTE – and that more studies must be carried out.
She recently told the New York Times: “There are damage to the frontal lobes, which can damage decision -making and judgment.
The results of the medical examiner add: “Science around this condition continues to evolve, and the physical and mental manifestations of the CTE remain under study.”
