The Nevada man who waltzed into a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper with an M4 assault rifle and killed four people before turning the weapon on himself may have been taking revenge on the National Football League.
Shane Tamura, 27, was found with a letter on his body indicating he had grievances with the NFL and its handling of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after the rampage at 345 Park Avenue.
In the note he railed against the NFL and pleaded for his brain to be studied.
'Terry Long football gave me CTE and it caused me to drink a gallon of antifreeze,' Tamura wrote, according to CNN. 'You can’t go against the NFL, they’ll squash you.'
The shooter was referring to former Pittsburgh Steeler Terry Long, who committed suicide by drinking antifreeze in 2006 after suffering from CTE.
