Ex-NFL player Terry Long was named in the suicide note by the shooter at Manhattan’s 345 Park Avenue, Shane Tamura. Like, what are the odds?
Shane Tamura is pointing fingers at ex-NFL player Terry Long for giving him CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy). Can you believe that?
For those who don’t know, CTE is a brain condition often found in athletes who have suffered repeated head injuries. It’s a pretty bold accusation if you ask me!
After killing four people, Tamura, 27, shot himself in the chest and died. His four victims have since been identified as Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner, NYPD officer Didarul Islam, Cornell graduate Julia Hyman and security guard Aland Etienne.
Tamura targeted the skyscraper because it houses the NFL’s headquarters, officials said on Tuesday.
However, NYC Mayor Eric Adams revealed that the shooter failed to reach the NFL’s HQ after he took the wrong elevator and ended up on the 33rd floor.
The 27–year–old was found dead with a note that referenced CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), a brain condition caused by head trauma that is rife among former football players.
Specifically, Tamura claimed to suffer from CTE himself, and expressed his grievances with the NFL and their handling of the condition.
In his note, Tamura pointed to Long – a former offensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who had the condition, which can only be officially diagnosed once someone is dead.
‘Terry Long football gave me CTE and it caused me to drink a gallon of antifreeze,’ Tamura wrote, as per CNN. ‘You can’t go against the NFL, they’ll squash you. Study my brain please I’m sorry.’
Long died by suicide at the age of 45 after he drank a full gallon of antifreeze, a revised 2006 death certificate said. A coroner initially ruled that his death in June 2005 was a result of meningitis.
The former football player was found unresponsive at his home and died in hospital. Only later was he diagnosed with CTE.
Long had played for the Steelers as a guard throughout his seven–year career, which ended in 1991.
That year, he was suspended for violating the NFL’s steroid policy and attempted suicide.
A report from the LA Times in 1991 says that in a statement to police, Long says he tried to kill himself by swallowing ‘two or three sleeping pills,’ contradicting earlier reports he had taken rat poison.
Long later checked into the psychiatric ward at Allegheny General Hospital for a mental health evaluation.
This is just the latest twist in a crazy story that seems to get more bizarre by the day. Who knows what’s next in this saga? Stay here folks, because you never know what will happen next!
