Content warning: Gun violence, suicide
Police believe the man who killed four people in a shooting in New York City yesterday was targeting the offices of the National Football League.
Here’s what you need to know.
What happened
On Monday afternoon (local time), a 27-year-old man walked into a New York City office building with an AR-15-style rifle.
The man shot and killed a police officer in the lobby of the building before catching the elevator to two floors, where he killed a further three people. The shooter died by suicide at the scene.
Targeting NFL offices
Police found a note in the man’s pocket that suggested he was targeting the NFL’s New York office, one of several businesses with offices in the building he attacked.
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Officials said the man took the wrong elevator. None of those murdered worked for the NFL.
One NFL employee was wounded but survived.
Police said the man’s note requested an autopsy be performed to determine whether or not he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) from playing football in high school.
CTE is a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated head trauma. It can only be diagnosed post-mortem.
The NFL and CTE
The NFL admitted there was a link between CTE and football in 2016 and has since paid out more than $US1.6 billion ($AU2.5 billion) in settlements to its former players.
NFL boss Roger Goodell described Monday’s shooting as “ an unspeakable act of violence”.
