Suspect dead, four killed in shooting in New York City
UPDATE (8:40 AM): Authorities in New York have identified one of the victims killed in Monday's shooting at a Manhattan high-rise.
Blackstone confirmed one of its executive's, Wesley LePatner, was among the four people who died.
The investment firm said, in a statement to NBC News, LePatner was a "beloved member of the Blackstone family" who was "deeply respected."
Meanwhile, the aftermath of Monday's tragedy can be seen outside 345 Park Avenue where bullet holes and shattered windows mark the building's entrance, and a new photo obtained by NBC News shows a vehicle believed to be the one driven by the 27-year-old gunman Shane Tamura.
The black BMW was captured on a license plate reader along I-80 in New Jersey.
The same vehicle was found double parked outside the office building where Tamura carried out the shooting.
Officials familiar with the investigation told NBC News the suspect left a note at the scene voicing anger that his mental illness may be linked to his having played football.
Investigators are looking into whether that is a why he targeted the building that houses the NFL offices.
NEW YORK CITY (CNN, KYMA/KECY) - Four victims, including an NYPD officer, are dead after a shooting in midtown Manhattan. The gunman is also dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Law enforcement sources say the shooter has been identified as 27-year-old Shane Tamura, who lived in Las Vegas.
The shooting unfolded Monday evening.
Commissioner Jessica Tisch with the New York Police Department (NYPD) says Tamura carried a M4 assault rifle as he moved through a high-rise building on Park Avenue.
Commissioner Tisch says Tamura traveled cross-country to New York and that he has "a documented mental health history."
Investigators are working to determine Tamura's motives, and police say there was no longer an active threat at the building.
One of the victims killed in the shooting has been identified as Officer Didarul Islam, who has been with the NYPD for 3.5 years, but was assigned to the 47th Precinct in the Bronx.
Islam was married with two young boys, and his wife is pregnant with their third child.
Islam was 36-years-old.
