Apparently, the gun Shane Tamura used in the New York City attack was sold to him by a casino supervisor. It’s like a scene out of an action movie.
I mean, who would’ve thought that a casino supervisor would be involved in something like this? It just goes to show you never really know who you can trust. Makes you think twice about where people are getting their weapons from.
Shane Tamura, 27, fatally shot three people Monday in the building lobby before taking an elevator to the 33rd floor, killing a fourth person and then ending his own life, according to police. The building houses the NFL’s headquarters and other corporate offices.
In a note found on his body, Tamura assailed the NFL’s handling of concerns about chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and the former high school football player claimed he himself had the degenerative brain disease, according to police. Known as CTE, it has been linked to concussions and other head trauma.
At Tamura’s Las Vegas studio apartment, investigators found a note with a different troubled message, police said Wednesday. They said the note expressed a feeling that Tamura’s parents were disappointed in him and included an apology to his mother.
Police said they also found a psychiatric medication, an epilepsy drug and an anti-inflammatory that had been prescribed to Tamura.
Investigating his movements and his mindset, detectives learned that he purchased the rifle and car from his supervisor at a job in the surveillance department at the Horseshoe Las Vegas, the New York Police Department said.
The supervisor legally bought the AR-15-style rifle he sold to Tamura for $1,400, police said, adding that they had erred in saying earlier that the supervisor supplied only parts of the rifle. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the gun sale was legal.
Police didn’t identify the supervisor, who has been forthcoming with them and hasn’t been charged with any crimes. Tamura had alluded to him, apologetically, in the note found in the gunman’s wallet after the rampage, police said.
It just goes to show you never know who’s involved in some shady stuff. Keep an eye out, folks.
