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A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest stormed a Manhattan skyscraper Monday, opening fire and killing a police officer and at least four civilians before turning the gun on himself.
Law-enforcement sources told the New York Post the man entered the 44-story office building housing Blackstone and the NFL headquarters armed with a rifle and opened fire at around 6:30 p.m.
Published reports identify the shooter as 27-year-old Shane Tamura of Las Vegas, Nevada.
CNN reports: "The suspected gunman, who is now dead, had a concealed carry license for a handgun, multiple law enforcement officials told CNN.
"The suspect, believed to be a 27-year-old from Las Vegas, has an expired private investigator license, sources told CNN.
"Police backtracked the suspect to his car, which video shows him exiting alone."
At least six people were shot in the onslaught.
"FBI New York Field Office management personnel and agents are responding to provide support at the active crime scene in Manhattan," said FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
FBI Director Kash Patel said: "The FBI is on scene at the Manhattan crime scene. The NYPD currently has the lead in this investigation. Our personnel are there to support their efforts. Motive is currently under investigation."
A first-floor witness said "it sounded like a barrage of shots … Like an automatic weapon. Like a high-capacity weapon."
Photos on social media showed workers inside the Blackstone building barricading their offices.
"At this time, the scene has been contained and the lone shooter has been neutralized," NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed on X.
"We don't have enough police," said New York Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa told Sean Hannity on Fox News. "And we need photo recognition technology … so we can preemptively do something."
Sliwa warned that terrorists would "take advantage of these kind of weaknesses."
"There are potential terrorists watching how easy it is to walk through the streets of New York City, to carry an AR-15, to walk into a corporate world headquarters that represents capitalism and then slaughter people indiscriminately."
"This is just senseless and cruel," said Fox News contributor Ted Williams. "He had a purpose and he didn't even hide his purpose."
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said he expected Democrats in Congress to call more more gun control in the wake of the horror.
"We've got hundreds of gun-control laws," he told Sean Hannity. "We don't need more gun control, we need more idiot control, and that's what we need to be talking about."
"I believe there's objective evil in this world, and we saw it today."
The Post reports: "Two apparent protesters, including one who yelled, 'Free Palestine, I'm not the shooter,' were arrested outside of the building around the time of the shooting."
The paper spoke with Oleksandr Stupak, 30, who was standing on the street nearby when he heard gunshots ring out.
"I was on the one block away and I heard shots being fired and then a bunch of police, they came to neutralize it," he said. "I went to the Citizen app and it says active shooting. A lot of police started to come. I mean. [It's] crazy."
