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NYC gunman Shane Tamura referenced ex-NFL player Terry Long — who had CTE — in note slamming league

July 29, 2025
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NYC gunman Shane Tamura referenced ex-NFL player Terry Long — who had CTE — in note slamming league
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The crazed gunman behind the deadly Manhattan shooting left behind a note referencing former NFL star Terry Long — the Pittsburgh Steelers player who was diagnosed with CTE after downing antifreeze to kill himself, sources said.

Shane Tamura, 27, killed an NYPD officer and three other people on Monday evening when he stormed the Midtown skyscraper that’s home to the football league’s headquarters.

In the wake of the bloodshed, cops discovered a rambling note where Tamura mentioned the ex-NFL star and claimed that he, too, suffered from CTE – a brain injury linked to head trauma.

Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Terry Long #74.
Terry Long played for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Getty Images
Photo of Shane Devon Tamura in a football uniform.
Shane Tamura played football in high school and was a standout player. DailyNews PrepSports

“Terry Long football gave me CTE and it caused me to drink a gallon of antifreeze,” the note stated, according to sources.

Surveillance image of a person carrying a rifle.
Gunman Shane Tamura seen toting a rifle before shooting and killing four people in Midtown on Monday, July 28, 2025. Obtained by NY Post

“You can’t go against the NFL, they’ll squash you.”

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Tim Worley #38 running with the football.
Running back Tim Worley #38 of the Pittsburgh Steelers runs with the football as guard Terry Long #74 and tight end Mike Mularkey. Getty Images

NYC Midtown shooting timeline

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch provided a timeline of events leading up to Monday’s mass shooting:

  • Reports of the shooting at 345 Park Ave. start coming in around 6:28 p.m.
  • The shooter, Shane Tamura, 27, is seen on surveillance footage getting out of a double-parked black BMW between 51st and 52nd streets, with an M4 rifle.
  • He walks towards the skyscraper, enters the lobby and turns right, where he shoots police officer Didarul Islam, 36, dead.
  • Tamura guns down a woman cowering behind a pillar in the lobby as he sprays more bullets and walks toward the elevator bank — where he shoots dead a security guard crouching at his desk.
  • One more man reports being shot and injured in the lobby. He was in critical but stable condition.
  • The gunman allows a woman to walk out of the elevators unharmed, before heading up to the 33rd floor, where building owner Rudin Properties’ offices are located, “and begins to walk the floor, firing as he traveled.”
  • One man is shot and killed on that floor.
  • “He then proceeds down a hallway and shoots himself in the chest,” ending his rampage.
  • It’s unclear how long the mayhem lasted. Tisch posted on X at 7:52 p.m.: “The scene has been contained and the lone shooter has been neutralized.”

“Please study brain for CTE. I’m sorry. The league knowingly concealed the dangers to our brains to maximize profits. They failed us.”

Long, who was an offensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the late 80s, was diagnosed with CTE after he killed himself in 2005 by downing antifreeze.

The post NYC gunman Shane Tamura referenced ex-NFL player Terry Long — who had CTE — in note slamming league appeared first on New York Post.

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