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Five people including the suspect have died after a shooting at an office building in New York.
Off-duty New York City police officer Didarul Islam, whose wife is pregnant with their third child, is among the dead after the shooting in a high-rise building in Park Avenue, Manhattan, at about 6.30pm local time on Monday.
Of those shot in the attack, four were killed, one was seriously injured, and a further four people suffered minor injuries while trying to flee.
City mayor Eric Adams said in a press conference last night that the suspect, 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura from Nevada, died afterwards of an ‘apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound’.
The gunman walked into the office building armed with a rifle and fired shots in the lobby and an upper floor, ‘immediately’ opening fire on an NYPD officer who was assigned to the building as ‘paid detail’.
This allows companies to hire police officers in uniform to provide security.
Tamura had a licence to own guns in Nevada and had ‘documented mental health history’, Mr Adams said, adding that the motive for the shooting is still unclear.
The office building houses some of the country’s top financial firms and the National Football League.
The NYPD paid tribute to Officer Islam, saying he represented ‘the very best of our department’.
The force said: ‘He was protecting New Yorkers from danger when his life was tragically cut short today.
‘We join in prayer during this time of incomprehensible pain. We will forever honor his legacy.’
The three other victims in the shooting are yet to be identified.
Pedestrians ran for cover after NYPD warned of an active shooter, with people inside the office building piling chairs in front of doors as they hid in their offices, the BBC reports.
Tamura was seen on CCTV strolling into the building while casually carrying the large rifle in one hand.
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said he fatally shot Officer Islam in the lobby, before aiming at a woman who hid behind a pillar.
While walking through the lobby he ‘sprayed’ gunfire which hit multiple people including a security guard hiding behind a desk and another man.
Commissioner Tisch said Tamura waited for an elevator, but when a woman stepped off he let her pass.
He went up to the 33rd floor, where Ruden Building Management is located, and opened fire again, killing one person before shooting himself in the chest in a hallway.
Tamura travelled from Las Vegas to the east coast cross-country over the last few days, stopping in Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa and New Jersey.
He arrived in New York shortly before the shooting, and it’s not yet known whether he had ties to the city, the building, or to Ruden Building Management.
Police searched his car, which he double-parked in front of the building, and found a revolver with multiple magazine rounds.
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