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News Wrap: Gunman was targeting NFL, New York mayor says

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Tuesday, New York police said a gunman was targeting the NFL's office when he opened fire in a building on Park Avenue, Russian attacks killed at least 27 people across Ukraine after President Trump said he was moving up the timeline for Moscow to end the war and nearly a year's worth of rain drenched the Beijing area, triggering floods and landslides that have killed at least 38. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

We start the day's other headlines in New York City with new details on the gunmen who killed four people at a midtown skyscraper last night before turning the gun on himself.

0:09.3

Authorities say 27-year-old Shane Tamora was a Las Vegas casino worker who drove across the country in the days before the shooting.

0:17.0

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says his intended target was the NFL's office on Park Avenue.

0:22.8

Tamura shot three people in the building's lobby before taking an elevator to a different

0:27.4

floor and killing another person. A fifth person was critically injured. Police say the gunman was a

0:33.4

former high school football player who had a history of mental illness. Mayor Adams told CBS about a

0:39.3

note he left behind. The note alluded to that he felt he had CTE, a known brain injury for those who

0:49.2

participate in contact sports. He appeared to have blamed the NFL for his injury. Police say they plan to

0:58.5

question a possible associate who may have supplied parts for the rifle that Tamura used in the attack.

1:04.3

Meantime, we're learning more about the victims of yesterday's shooting. They include security

1:08.6

officer Alaintei, according to relatives in a local labor union,

1:13.2

plus Wesley Lepatner, an executive at the financial firm Blackstone. As well as off-duty

1:19.0

NYPD officer did a rule Islam, the fourth victim is said to be Julia Hyman, a Cornell graduate

1:25.1

who worked at Rudin Management, the company that owns the building.

1:28.5

The university released a statement calling her death a tragic loss.

1:32.8

Turning now overseas, Russian attacks killed at least 27 people across Ukraine overnight

1:37.5

after President Trump said he was moving up the timeline for Moscow to end the fighting.

1:42.9

Ukrainian authorities say four powerful bombs hit a prison

1:46.3

in the country southeast, killing at least 16 inmates and wounding more than 90 others. And in

1:51.7

central Ukraine, Russian strikes hit a building and a maternity hospital, killing at least five people,

1:57.2

including a pregnant woman. Yesterday, President Trump said he would impose sanctions

2:01.6

and tariffs unless Russian President Vladimir Putin moves to end the war within 10 to 12 days.

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