Police descend on NYC skyscraper following deadly shooting
- Posted on July 29, 2025
- By The Independent
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Police descend on NYC skyscraper following deadly shooting

A police officer and three other people have been killed following a shooting at a skyscraper in New York on Monday (28 July). Eyewitness footage taken from a nearby hotel shows NYPD officers entering the office building located in Midtown Manhattan. The gunman, who also died from a self-inflicted wound, was identified by police as Shane Tamura, a 27-year-old from Las Vegas. Tamura is accused of walking into the lobby with an A4 assault rifle and “spraying” ammunition inside, killing four including police officer Didarul Islam, a father of two whose wife is pregnant with a third child.