Two hours of terror in a New York skyscraper

For hundreds of employees at 345 Park Avenue, a distinctive 44 -storey skyscraper in the heart of Mid Town Manhattan – a neighborhood full of major companies’ offices – suddenly became like anything else.

While the passengers were on their way home on the various July evening, workers at the Park Avenue Tower ran for their lives, fighting conference halls with tables and sending pre -emptive farewell messages.

Jessica Chen, who works on the second floor, told us, “I love her,” I love them. “” Nothing can describe this feeling. “

Mrs. Chen and others were moved in the skyscraper to work through the unexpected sound of gunshots coming from the hallway.

Four people will be killed, including a police officer in New York, as well as others in the hallway and on the thirty -third floor. One man is still in critical condition in the hospital.

Just moments before chaos, around 18:30 US ES (23:30 GMT), a 27 -year -old child headed to one of the busiest areas in Manhattan, and continued a trip across the country through the states of Colorado, Nebraska and Iowa.

Officials say that Shin Tamura, from Las Vegas, has delivered a double BMW in Park Avenue – buildings from the tourist destinations at the Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

He was wearing a jacket, a shirt down and sunglasses, he used a gun similar to the attack with his right arm, walking with the design towards a skyscraper where he knew that the National Football League (NFL) was a major headquarters.

But he will never reach this office.

Instead, when it reached the doors of 345 Park, which extends the entire New York City bloc, the lobby began to “spray” the fire, according to the New York City Police signature Jessica Tish.

Initially, Tamura walked immediately after a stationed officer. But then, he turned to the right, saw him and shot, killing the 36 -year -old New York police officer, Davarol Islam, who left behind two children and a pregnant wife, said Eric Adams, mayor of New York City.

“He was killed at the entrance to the right as soon as he entered the building,” Adams said.

Tamura is lost a little time before the shooting of another woman covered behind a column, and set his way through the hallway and continues to shoot, says the authorities. Wesley Lipatner, who worked on the upper floor of the BlackStone Financial Company.

“Our prayers with her husband, children and family,” the company said.

The American Football Association Commissioner, Roger Godel, wrote to the employees. His wife, Robert Hunter, told the New York Daily News that Craig Clementi, who was working in the Finance Department, was on his way home when he was shot. He is now recovering from surgery.

As the shooting continues, another security guard, to no avail, tried to stimulate the alarm system to disable the elevators, which may prevent more massacre.

Adams said that the goalkeeper, Aland Etienne, was “assassinated” while covering the meter.

After that, the gunman went to the elevator. The police said that when the elevator waited, a woman appeared and was allowed somehow to leave.

But the elevator he resigned will not take him to where he was intending.

He had gone to the wrong elevator bank and arrived, not in the offices of the US Football Association, but in the 3 -day floor offices of the real estate company that owns the building, Rudin Management.

Blackstone worker told the Wall Street Journal that chaos was revealed in the hallway, the building’s employees sent fevering messages via e -mail and Microsoft teams that there was a shooter at the basement.

Ms. Chen News told that she was watching a second -floor of the skyscraper with about 150 other people when they heard the first shots.

“Some went out in the back door, on the street,” she said. “Other people, including me, encountered the conference hall.”

It seems that a picture revolving on social media shows Blackstone employees accumulating sofas, offices and other furniture in front of the door in a state of panic.

Meanwhile, those in the US Football Association offices received messages from the league who are allowing them to shoot, according to ESPN. He told them to change their phones to silence and hide until the application of the law arrived, and they waited for the shooter who will never reach its goal.

On the scene outside the Park Avenue Tower, the Applied Law fond of the scene.

Nikisha Lewis could hear rapid shooting sounds from inside the skyscraper, while he was sitting nearby with a friend. She could see the armed through the glass.

Before you knew that, someone escaped from the building “really difficult” towards them and began to scream for help, saying that he was shot, Mrs. Lewis said.

“Because of the strength of the running, I couldn’t believe it. He had something similar … an exit wound.”

I joined others, taking behind the wall. While waiting, dozens of workers gradually rushed from the building that holds their hands over their heads while they were evacuated.

Meanwhile, at home, Tamura was roaming on the thirty -third floor, and she launched its launch rounds “traveling”, said Mrs. Tish. He shot and killed his last victim.

Then, the authorities said, he walked in the hallway and shot himself in his chest.

Tamura use an AR -15 gun that he collected with a lower reception – or a gun frame – whose partner bought for him.

With two states in two states, investigators are still working to track the Tamura trip from Las Vegas to New York City.

Three of the manifestations of the roaming pages were found on his body.

The gunman wrote that he was suffering from CTE, a brain disease caused by head injuries such as those who suffered in military fighting and communication with sports such as American football. The officials also said that Tamura had a “documented history of mental health.”

Mayor Adams said that Tamura, who played a teenage football – if not professional, according to friends – “it appears to blame the American Football Association.”

“My mental study. I’m sorry,” the memo said.