NYC Blackstone Tower Shooter ID’d As Shane Tamura

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Update (2110ET): 

X account Viral News NYC has identified the shooter as 27-year-old Shane Tamura of Las Vegas. 

The shooter has been identified. Shane Tamara from Las Vegas Nevada pic.twitter.com/VyvjN7Lt7L

— Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) July 29, 2025

Here are more details from Bloomberg:

An armed shooter attacked 345 Park Ave. in Manhattan, the tower housing Blackstone Inc.’s global headquarters and the National Football League among others, killing at least five people, according to a city official.

The suspected shooter is dead, three officials said. Victims include at least one police officer. At least two other people died at the tower.

The weapon of choice: an AR-platform short-barrel rifle with a lower receiver made by Palmetto State Armory.

Here is the weapon used in this mass shooting pic.twitter.com/giwVXbkwHJ

— Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) July 29, 2025

Fear…

What a photo. In another timeline this would have been a great meme template. The motive for this will be very telling. Was the shooter someone with a bone to pick with Blackstone/Capitalism? A personal beef? Former employee? This photo will have a whole new meaning once we know. pic.twitter.com/noDzLhWNOm

— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) July 29, 2025

Tamura is registered Non-Partisan in Nevada.

Shane D. Tamura is registered Non-Partisan in Nevada. pic.twitter.com/fFwTqCBetO

— Jordan Rhone (@JordanRhone) July 29, 2025

Shooter found dead on the 33rd floor.

Alleged interview of Tamura when he was a football player in high school. 

This is Shane Tamura from high school football star to NYC shooter. Domestic terrorist coward.

Wow. pic.twitter.com/vooMSVTWql

— J (@JayTC53) July 29, 2025

Fox News and CNN paint very different pictures of the shooter… 

FOX NEWS: “Light skin African-American looking guy. Kind of middle eastern looking.”

CNN: “Male, possibly white, wearing sunglasses, has a mustache.”

Actual quotes from both. pic.twitter.com/XArT3h4fA5

— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) July 29, 2025

No motive has been released yet. 

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Update (2030ET): U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X that U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, has set up a command post to assist with the shooting at 345 Park Avenue, the site of Blackstone’s headquarters. She also stated that FBI agents have arrived at the scene.

Our US Attorney in New York Jay Clayton @SDNYnews has set up a command post to assist with the shooting in New York City and local FBI agents are on the scene.

— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) July 29, 2025

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Update (1930ET): It is being reported that the shooter has been found dead on the 33rd floor of the building. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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An active shooter has been reported at 345 Park Avenue, the site of Blackstone’s headquarters as well as some offices belonging to the National Football League, an NYPD senior official told Bloomberg News.

According to a social media report, the perpetrator is a Middle Eastern man with a bulletproof vest who is “running around with an AR-15 and shooting.”

Multiple people shot included a police officer in Manhattan.

There’s an active shooter as we speak.

A Middle Eastern perpetrator with a bulletproof vest is running around with a A.R. 15 and shooting. pic.twitter.com/B9PxL0IcRQ

— Joel Fischer 🇺🇸 (@realJoelFischer) July 28, 2025

According to ABC, at least one civilian and one police officer have been shot, while Bloomberg reports that at least three people have been taken to a hospital, according to a fire department official. 

Heres the first look at the shooter pic.twitter.com/TFqidvigEP

— Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) July 28, 2025

While news of the attack is still scarce, the Viral News NYC account reports that the suspect has shot himself. 

Update. Its coming over that the terrorist shot himself

— Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) July 28, 2025

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