Midtown Shooter Shane Tamura Diagnosed with Low-Stage CTE, Sparks Renewed Debate on Brain Trauma and Violence
Midtown Shooter Shane Tamura Diagnosed with Low-Stage CTE, Sparks Renewed Debate on Brain Trauma and Violence Shane Tamura, the gunman responsible for the deadly Midtown Manhattan shooting in July, suffered from low-stage Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), New York’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner announced Friday. This significant revelation comes months after Tamura killed four people and himself on July 28, an act he foreshadowed in handwritten notes referencing CTE and requesting his brain be studied. The OCME’s neuropathology experts…