Shane Tamura identified as NYC shooter who murdered NYPD officer and others
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Roger Goodell says ‘senseless' shooting at NFL's NYC office has been ‘particularly hard' moment
Roger Goodell was emotional on Thursday as he publicly addressed the deadly shooting that took place inside 345 Park Avenue, the building that houses the NFL's New York offices, earlier this week. The NFL commissioner did not attend Thursday's Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio, but was back in New York attending the funeral of slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam, who, along with Blackstone exec Wesley LePatner, security guard Aland Etienne and Rudin Management employee Julia Hyman, were killed when a madman opened fire with an AR-15. 'It's a difficult thing, particularly when you're dealing with a senseless act like this,' Goodell said during an interview with NBC. 'There are no excuses for those senseless acts. They're hard for all of us to understand when it inflicts pain on people you know and people you care about and people that we deal with on a daily basis. That's particularly hard.' Advertisement A suicide note found on 27-year-old Shane Tamura's body suggested that he was targeting the offices of the NFL after he believed he was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). It has not yet been determined if he had CTE. Advertisement Funeral services were held on Thursday for Islam that included a heartfelt eulogy by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. During the Thursday night interview, Goodell described Islam's death as a 'tremendous loss.' Police and emergency responders respond to the shooting at 345 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan on July 28, 2025 in New York City. Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock 'You see the officer's family, his young children. It's something that happens in the line of work for police officers but that never makes it easy,' Goodell said. [He is] somebody who we see outside the building when we come in most every day and it hits home — the loss, the unnecessary and unexplainable loss. It's something that all of us, as New Yorkers, feel great pride in the NYPD and what they do and all the first responders. So, it was a difficult, emotional afternoon, but also a tremendous, heartwarming service for him.' Advertisement While Goodell hoped that Thursday's preseason game was a first step in a process for people to 'enjoy the National Football League,' the league still has one of its own recovering from the harrowing incident. Flowers and a balloon reading 'Love one another' are left outside 345 Park Avenue. AFP via Getty Images NFL employee Craig Clementi was injured during the senseless shooting, and Goodell said the staffer was 'stable and improving.' The commissioner said he had spent an hour with Clementi in the hospital on Wednesday. Advertisement 'We're optimistic about his recovery and I think that's good news for all of us in the NFL,' Goodell said. 'Obviously, our hearts continue to be in support with his family.' The NFL has already prepared its New York staffers to work from home through at least Aug. 8 following the shooting.
Yahoo
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Fox News Has Used This 'Convenient Distraction' To Depart From Epstein Coverage: Report
Fox News has appeared to feature more talk of Sydney Sweeney's controversial American Eagle ad in recent days than it has discussed the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, per a new report by Media Matters for America. The conservative network mentioned Sweeney — whose 'great jeans' ad has generated backlash amid accusations that it glorified whiteness and nods to eugenics — on 62 occasions with a total of 85 minutes of coverage from Monday to midday Thursday, according to the nonprofit media watchdog. Epstein received 14 mentions and was 'often brought up in passing or short headline reports,' adding up to a total of under three minutes of coverage, per the report. The analysis also found that CNN, Newsmax and MSNBC mentioned Epstein overwhelmingly more than Sweeney in the same timespan, with the latter outlet not referring to the 'Euphoria' actor whatsoever. The fixation on Sweeney marked a departure from covering the fallout of the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files in the same week that the president didn't rule out pardoning the late sex offender's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. The president has also recently implied that Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre — one of his most prominent accusers — from his Mar-a-Lago spa, comments that her family has since described as 'shocking.' MMFA's latest findings arrive a week after its report that Fox News turned its attention toward a 'familiar boogeyman' in Barack Obama instead of covering Epstein, mentioning the ex-president three times more than the disgraced financier from July 18 to midday July 23. Related... Trump Fumes Over 'Loser' Fox News Host Moments After Her NYC Shooting Take James Carville Gives Fox News Viewers Uncomfortable Reminder About Jeffrey Epstein Fox News Apparently 'Largely Obeyed' This Trump Order On Epstein, New Report Finds
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Thousands gather to farewell NYPD officer killed in Midtown mass shooting
Thousands gathered to say farewell to the New York City Police Department officer who was killed in Monday's mass shooting in Midtown. The funeral for 36-year-old Didarul Islam took place at the Parkchester Jame Masjid, located on a residential street in the officer's neighborhood in the Bronx, three days after he was killed in the deadliest shooting in the city in a quarter-century, The New York Times noted. The gunman entered the office building at 345 Park Avenue with an assault style-rifle and started to discharge the weapon. He killed Islam and two others before heading to the 33rd floor, where he killed a fourth person, before he died by suicide. Police say the shooter, Shane Tamura, 27, had made his way to New York from his Nevada home, where he was set on targeting the headquarters of the National Football League. Hundreds of officers from as many as 54 of the 77 precincts in the city, as well as from states and counties in the surrounding area, attended the funeral. The streets around the mosque were empty of cars for the proceedings, with Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch saying that 'Didarul Islam came to this country as an immigrant with no guarantees, only the hope that hard work, that humility, and that purpose might lead him somewhere meaningful. And it did.' The rituals went on for close to four hours, with separate viewings for men and women. Floral wreaths covered the room, with the casket covered with the Police Department's standard in green, white, and blue. Mayor Eric Adams, himself a former NYPD officer, spoke at the funeral while the winner of the Democratic mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani, sat with the family, The NYT noted. Islam came to New York City from Bangladesh when he was 20 years old, living in a small house along with his parents, his young sons, and his pregnant wife. In a eulogy read on his wife's behalf, she wrote that Islam had 'lived to help others' and that 'He gave his life protecting them. Though my heart is broken, I find comfort knowing that his sacrifice might have saved others.' Islam, who served in the department for three and a half years, joined the agency after spending two years as a safety agent in city schools. Even as an officer, he spent his time off as a security guard. Islam worked the Dominican Day Parade in the Bronx on Sunday before picking up an additional shift on Monday at 345 Park Avenue. 'He stepped into a new land and chose to become part of its promise, to believe in its dream. And he did believe in the American dream, not as something handed down but as something built with your own hands,' said Tisch. 'He may not be here to see that dream fulfilled, but his sons will surely grow up with its foundation beneath their feet.' Friends and colleagues said Islam was a devoted Muslim. Imam Dr. Zakir Ahmed of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York said during remarks that Islam, 'lived at a time when people like him are too often feared, vilified and made to feel like outsiders.' 'We cannot honor Officer Islam today while ignoring the daily pain endured by his community — being told to go back where you came from, being watched more closely, judged more harshly and loved less fully,' Imam Ahmed added, according to The NYT. 'To our city, our nation, you cannot ask us to serve and then silence us,' he said. 'You cannot take our sacrifice and ignore our suffering.'
