The US soccer league has beforehand confronted authorized challenges over its failure to deal with gamers’ concussions.
New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams has mentioned {that a} gunman who killed 5 individuals, together with himself, sought out the headquarters of the Nationwide Soccer League (NFL), which he blamed for the mind accidents he suffered from.
Adams mentioned on Tuesday {that a} observe carried by the shooter, recognized as 27-year-old Shane Tamura, suggests his goal was the NFL.
“The observe alluded to that he felt he had CTE (continual traumatic encephalopathy), a recognized mind damage for individuals who take part in contact sports activities,” Adams advised CBS Information. “He appeared to have blamed the NFL for his damage.”
However Tamura seems to have arrived on the mistaken flooring of a New York Metropolis workplace tower and as a substitute opened fireplace within the places of work of an actual property agency, on high of capturing individuals within the ground-floor foyer.
Law enforcement officials work close to the scene of a capturing in Manhattan on July 28 (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
The NFL has beforehand confronted litigation regarding concussions suffered by soccer gamers.
The organisation, which oversees skilled US soccer, has denied any hyperlink between circumstances like CTE and its sport, however it has however paid out greater than $1bn to settle concussion-related lawsuits.
Monday’s capturing has additionally renewed debate about mass shootings and entry to firearms within the US. Tamura reportedly entered the constructing with an AR-15-style rifle.
The NFL’s headquarters are positioned in a skyscraper that it shares with different companies.
Tamara is believed to have began capturing as he entered the foyer of the skyscraper. Then, police imagine he took the mistaken elevator, arriving on the thirty third flooring, which contained the places of work of Rudin Administration, an actual property agency.
There, he opened fireplace as soon as extra after which took his personal life.
Amongst these killed within the capturing was a 36-year-old police officer named Didarul Islam, who had come to the US from Bangladesh and had been on the pressure for 3 years.
Different victims embody safety guard Aland Etienne, Julia Hyman of Rudin Administration, and an govt on the BlackRock funding agency, Wesley LePatner.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledged in a memo that there can be an “elevated safety presence” on the organisation’s places of work over the approaching weeks.
Tamura is a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, with a historical past of psychological well being points. He by no means performed within the NFL, however he did play soccer in highschool.
The information outlet Bloomberg reported that Tamura’s observe alleges that his soccer profession was reduce brief by a mind damage.
The observe additionally known as for his mind to be studied. CTE can solely be recognized by way of an post-mortem.
