NEW YORK (WPIX) – Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner was identified as one of the victims killed in the mass shooting at a Manhattan skyscraper. on Monday, according to a spokesperson for the company.
LePatner was the Global Head of Core+ Real Estate and the CEO of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT), according to Blackstone’s website.
“Words cannot express the devastation we feel. Wesley was a beloved member of the Blackstone family and will be sorely missed,” a representative for the investment company said in a statement.
LePatner’s colleagues described her as “brilliant, passionate, warm, generous, and deeply respected within our firm.”
According to her LinkedIn profile, LePatner spent more than a decade at the company after previously working for Goldman Sachs. She was a Yale graduate and also sat on the board of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
LePatner was one of four people shot and killed by 27-year-old Shane Tamura from Las Vegas, when he opened fire inside a Manhattan skyscraper around 7 p.m. on Monday. Authorities say the Blackstone executive took cover behind a pillar before the gunman began shooting into the building’s lobby.
Police officer Didarul Islam, a building security guard and a person in the building’s Rudin Management office were also killed in the mass shooting, officials have reported. An NFL staffer was also shot and has been listed in critical condition.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams visited the scene on Monday and confirmed that Tamura had had died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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