The brain of Shane Tamura, the 27-year-old gunman who killed four in a mass shooting Monday at the Manhattan building housing the NFL's offices before dying by suicide, will be tested for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to the city's medical examiner's office.
A spokesperson for New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner told USA TODAY Sports it would be testing for the disease as part of a full neurological work-up of the deceased.
"Our office has neuropathology expertise in house and will be examining the brain as part of the additional testing for the complete autopsy," a spokesperson wrote in an email.
The story was first reported by The Washington Post.
The medical examiner's tests come after Tamura asked in a three-page note, found in his wallet after the shooting, to be tested for CTE, which is a brain condition experienced by people who have suffered repeated blows to the head, often through contact sports such as football.
