Fox News: US President Donald Trump extended condolences Tuesday to families of four people killed in a Manhattan office shooting, calling the gunman a “crazed lunatic.”
“My heart is with the families of the four people who were killed, including the NYPD Officer, who made the ultimate sacrifice,” Trump wrote on social media following Monday’s attack at 345 Park Avenue.
Trump added: “I trust our Law Enforcement Agencies to get to the bottom of why this crazed lunatic committed such a senseless act of violence.”
Financial firm Blackstone announced it lost “one of our most beloved colleagues” in the shooting, Fox Business reported. The company identified the victim as Wesley LePatner in a memo to staff following the attack at the building near East 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan.
Among the four dead was NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, 36, who was married with two boys. His wife is pregnant with their third child, Mayor Eric Adams said.
Adams ordered all flags on city buildings lowered to half-staff “as a mark of respect for the memory” of Islam.
A fifth victim remains in critical condition fighting for his life.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch identified the lone shooter as Shane Devon Tamura, 27, from Las Vegas. Surveillance footage showed Tamura carrying an M4 rifle before dying from a self-inflicted chest wound.
Tamura had documented mental health issues, though his motives remain under investigation, Tisch said.
