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NYC Shooter Blames NFL for CTE… Internet Asks: ‘Who Even Are You?’#ShockSpill
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Aug 3, 2025
A shocking mass shooting in New York City has left four dead and a nation asking: why? Shooter Shane Tamura stormed into the skyscraper housing the NFL’s HQ — but it wasn’t just random violence. Tamura left behind a bizarre three-page note blaming the NFL for giving him CTE, despite never playing a single down of professional football. #ShaneTamura #CTE #NFL #GunViolence #TrueCrime #USNews #BreakingNews #CTEAwareness #MentalHealthCrisis #ParkAveShooting #NYCShooting #CTEScandal #NFLNews #BrainHealth #MisinformationKills In this deep-dive breakdown, we unpack the chilling details of the Midtown massacre — from Tamura’s handwritten grudge, to his twisted self-diagnosis, to the innocent lives lost in a building he wasn’t even supposed to be in. We explore: 🔥 What Tamura's note said 🧠 Why he believed he had CTE 🏈 His obsession with the NFL 🧨 How mental health, delusion, and access to guns created a deadly mix 💔 The real victims of a misplaced vendetta This is more than a true crime story — it’s a wake-up call about misinformation, mental health, and how conspiracy thinking can turn fatal. 👉 Subscribe for more breakdowns of shocking true news events, explained with clarity and edge.
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I roped as a mail room, a stock room
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attendant in 345 Park Avenue. Five
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innocent people shot tonight.
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We lost the violence of that 11 tore at
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me. But then I reflected on 2001 after
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including
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a member of the New York City Police
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Department because they were being
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victimized because of the attack because
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of their faith and belief. I joined
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turn right and immediately open fire on
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an NYPD office as a young man and to
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have to walk through and see the limbs
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four
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souls to another senseless act of gun
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violence attack in the city and a group
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of Muslim officers came to me officer
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Islam.
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The building security camera footage
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shows the shooter enter the lobby
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joined up and we move forward to start
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an organization. Imagine walking into
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the NFL's own skyscraper only to end up
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killing strangers because you think they
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ruined your brain. Welcome to the wild,
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tragic story of Shane Tamura,
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self-diagnosed crusader, keyboard
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neurologist, and office shooter. All
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rolled into one. The rampage. One man,
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one building, four lives gone. All
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right, let's rewind to the morning of
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July 28th, 2025. A regular Monday in
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Midtown Manhattan. Suits were suiting,
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lattes were brewing, and the bustling
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streets of New York City were humming
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with the usual 9 to5 chaos until
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everything went violently off script.
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Shane Devon Tamura, a 27-year-old former
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amateur football player from Nevada,
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stormed into 345 Park Avenue, a posh
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skyscraper better known as the NFL's
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corporate home turf. Armed with a
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legally obtained AR-15 style rifle, a 38
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caliber revolver, and enough ammo to
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declare a one-man war, Tamura slipped
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through the doors like just another guy
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with a meeting. But what he had was a
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mission. He entered through the main
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lobby and took an elevator to the 33rd
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floor, though his apparent intended
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target was the NFL's 17th floor
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headquarters. But Tamura didn't stop to
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ask for directions. He pulled out his
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rifle and started shooting
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indiscriminately,
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unleashing chaos on employees of Ruden
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Management, a real estate firm that had
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the great misfortune of being in the
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path of a delusional grudge. Bam. Bam.
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Bam. Four people dead in the blink of an
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eye, including Daru Islam, a 31-year-old
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offduty NYPD officer working as a
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private security guard. Wesley Leatner,
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a senior managing director at Blackstone
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and mother of two. Alan Etienne, another
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security guard who tried to protect
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others, an unnamed Ruden staffer whose
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family is now shattered. One more
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victim, a NFL employee, was seriously
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wounded. The only connection Tamura
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actually made to the organization he
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claimed destroyed his mind. Police say
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she was shot after Tamura asked someone
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if the NFL was on that floor. Spoiler
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alert, it wasn't. After the 62nd
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massacre, yeah, it lasted that long.
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Tamura turned. The gun on himself. He
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died at the scene. His weapons all
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legally bought. His rifle built from
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parts he ordered online.
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That's right. Some assembly required,
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but no red flags triggered. He'd been
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planning this for at least 6 months,
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according to authorities. 6 months of
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obsession, 6 months of building up a
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fantasy of vengeance that ended with
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very real, very irreversible death. This
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wasn't just a shooting. It was a planned
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execution of strangers based on a
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delusion carried out in a building he
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thought symbolized the enemy, the NFL.
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but instead it became a bloodstained
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monument to misdirection, mental
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illness, and how easily an AR-15 can
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become a megaphone for madness. So, what
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twisted logic led to Mora? From teenage
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football fields to skyscraper slaughter?
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Buckle up, because his motive was
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handwritten, and it might just be the
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wildest thing you'll hear all week, the
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note.
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A grudge wrapped in pseudocience.
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So what made Shane Tamora?
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Lock, load, and unleash hell in a
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Manhattan office tower. Was it money,
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revenge, politics? Nope. Turns out it
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was football, or at least what he
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thought football did to his brain.
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After the rampage, NYPD officers found
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something chilling and bizarre stuffed
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inside Tamora's wallet. A three-page
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handwritten note, the kind of messy
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manifesto that reads like a tragic
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Reddit thread fused with a conspiracy
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Tik Tok comment section. In this letter,
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Tamura ranted that the NFL had ruined
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his brain, claiming he was suffering
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from CTE, that's chronic traumatic
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encphylopathy for those playing along,
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and begged doctors to please study my
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brain, after his death. He even
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apologized, writing, I'm sorry toward
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the end. Classic final act. Rage, blame,
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pseudo redemption. Here's the twist that
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has everyone doing a double take. Shane
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Tamora never played in the NFL. Not a
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single snap, not even as a water boy.
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He played high school football in
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California on the JV team. And we're not
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talking Friday. Nightlights intensity.
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Coaches say he suffered no notable
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concussions, just a twisted ankle here
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and there. He was described as quiet,
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average, not aggressive, and certainly
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not a prospect.
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And yet, in his mind, he was a victim of
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the NFL's supposed conspiracy to
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downplay brain trauma. He wrote about
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being robbed of his mind, connected his
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headaches to repeated football hits, and
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name dropped Terry Long, the former
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Pittsburgh Steelers guard, who killed
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himself in 2005 and was later found to
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have severe CTE. Let that sink in.
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Tamura compared himself to a 300-lb
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offensive lineman who played 8 years of
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brutal pro ball. That's like comparing a
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paper cut to open heart surgery. The
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note also reveals something darker, a
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distorted sense of heroism. He didn't
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just claim to be sick. He wanted his
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brain preserved like he was donating it
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to science. He fantasized about being a
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martyr for football induced brain
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damage, saying his brain would prove the
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NFL's crimes. A man who hadn't played in
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a decade thought he'd be the smoking gun
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for medical science. It's part
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victimhood fantasy, part delusional
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self-dagnosis, and 100% tragic. A man so
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convinced his problems were someone
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else's fault, he turned his brain into a
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battlefield and innocent people into
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casualties. But here's the kicker. The
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NFL didn't just not cause his alleged
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condition. They didn't even know the guy
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existed. Let's talk about why this CTE
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claim doesn't hold up. Medically or
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logically, he never played in the NFL.
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Tamora did play high school football in
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Los Angeles, but never touched a pro
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field. His old coaches don't recall any
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serious head injuries, just an ankle
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sprain or two. Yet, he still insisted he
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had CTE.
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Now let's unpack what scientists say
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about CTE and what Tamura might actually
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be facing. What is CTE and can you claim
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it? CTE, chronic traumatic
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encphylopathy, is a degenerative brain
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disease tied to repeated head trauma,
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not just one concussion. And it's only
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diagnosible after death by examining
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brain tissue. Studies show even a subset
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of high school players may develop
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signs. But short stints rarely stack up
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to full-blown CTE. More than responsibly
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asking for a brain donation, Tamora
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wailed one name again and again. He
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dragged Terry Long into it. His note
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name checked Terry Long, a former NFL
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lineman who killed himself in 2005 and
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was found post-mortem to have CTE.
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Tamura went so far as to write,
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"Football gave me CTE. Made me drink
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antifreeze." though he never played
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anywhere nearly that long. With mental
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health in the mix, here's what cops and
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medics uncovered. Mental health history
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and headaches.
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In Las Vegas, Tamora had two
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courtordered mental health crisis holds
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between 2022 and 2024. He also regularly
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visited neurologists for chronic
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debilitating headaches, getting
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injections and MRIs, all in search of
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relief. But did the shooter target the
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NFL or was it a tragic misstep? Wrong
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elevator, wrong victims.
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Mayor Eric Adams confirmed Tamora had a
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fixation on the NFL offices, but took
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the wrong elevator bank, winding up on
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the 33rd floor at Ruden Management
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instead and shot whomever was there. And
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the victims, just ordinary people caught
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in a horrific storm. The victim's voice
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over killed NYPD officer Ddarl Islam,
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Blackstone exec Wesley Leatner, security
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guard Alland Etienne, plus another ruden
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management staffer. One NFL employee
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survived with serious injuries, innocent
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lives lost, all while Tamora ranted
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about his brain. Let's zoom out. This
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isn't just about one disturbed man.
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Bigger themes, football, brain injury,
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and culture.
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Voice over. This shooting reinflamed
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debates over the NFL's history of
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denying CTE, suppressing research, and
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settling. Lawsuits, only admitting the
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link in 2016, over 345 out of 376 former
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NFL brains studied showed CTE an
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astronomical rate compared to the
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general population. Finally, what do
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experts and communities say we must do
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now? The lessons and the wakeup call.
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Experts warn contact sport brains and
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mental health systems are failing. CTE
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research must go beyond retired pros.
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Kids, high schoolers, amateurs need real
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safety protocols. Society needs to treat
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mental decline with urgency, not
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conspiracy fodder. This tragic
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misbelief, this misdirected violence, it
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ends with questions we can't ignore. If
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you found this breakdown eyeopening or
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just bewildered, hit like, subscribe,
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and ring that bell. Share this video if
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you care about brain injury awareness,
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mental health reform, or preventing
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violence masquerading as vigilante
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righteousness. Because stories like
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Tamuras aren't just about headlines.
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They're warnings. Stay sharp, stay
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curious, and I'll see you next time.
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