Manhattan shooting victim killed after gunman took lift to her work by mistake

A young graduate has been named as the latest victim of the mass shooting at a Manhattan skyscraper on Monday.

Shane Tamura, 27, went on a rampage with a rifle, killing an off-duty police officer and three other people before taking his own life yesterday. Julia Hyman has been named as the final victim, with security guard Aland Etienne, officer Didarul Islam, 36, and company director Wesley LePatner, 43, also gunned down.

Tamura, from Las Vegas, stormed the office tower on Monday, killing four people and wounding a fifth, before taking his own life. Tragically, Ms Hyman only died after the murderer took the lift to the wrong floor. He opened fire anyway, despite reportedly planning an unhinged revenge attack on the National Football League, whose staff are based in the building.

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"He, from our preliminary investigation, he took the wrong elevator bank up to the NFL headquarters," New York City Mayor Eric Adams said. "Instead, it took him to Rudin Management, and that is where he carried out additional shootings and took the lives of additional employees."

Workers at the Blackstone office were seen piling dozens of sofas up against their door until they reached the ceiling. Panicked office workers pulled apart wood desks to add more furniture to the barrier, according to pictures provided by a Blackstone employee.

The gunman had a ‘documented mental health history,’ according to Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch. The rampage happened at the end of the workday in the same part of Manhattan where the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare was gunned down outside a hotel late last year.

CCTV showed the man exiting a double-parked BMW just before 6:30 p.m. carrying an M4 rifle, then marching across a public plaza into the building. Then, he started firing, Tisch said, killing a police officer working a corporate security detail and then hitting a woman who tried to take cover as he sprayed the lobby with gunfire.

The man then made his way to the elevator bank and shot a guard at a security desk and shot another man in the lobby, the commissioner said. The man took the elevator to the 33rd floor offices of the company that owned the building, Rudin Management, and shot and killed one person on that floor. The man then shot himself, the commissioner said. The building, 345 Park Avenue, also holds offices of the financial services firm KPMG.

The officer killed was Didarul Islam, 36, an immigrant from Bangladesh who had served as a police officer in New York City for almost four years, Tisch said at a news conference. “He was doing the job that we asked him to do. He put himself in harm’s way. He made the ultimate sacrifice,” Tisch said. “He died as he lived. A hero.”

For mental health support, contact the Samaritans on 116 123, email them at jo@samaritans.org or visit samaritans.org to find your nearest branch