"Shane Tamura, who was 27 and played football in high school, had unambiguous diagnostic evidence of low-stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the medical examiner found. The condition, which can only be diagnosed posthumously, is caused by repeated exposure to head trauma and is most commonly associated in the US with NFL players. The medical examiner found unambiguous diagnostic evidence of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, also known as CTE, in the brain tissue of the decedent, the statement read. The findings correspond with the classification of low-stage CTE,"
"The medical examiner conducted a brain examination as part of Tamura's criminal autopsy after authorities found a note left by the attacker at the scene of the 28 July shooting, in which he expressed anger that his mental troubles may have been linked to playing football and requesting his brain be studied for CTE. Tamura claimed he had a traumatic brain injury and blamed the NFL for concealing the dangers to players' brains to maximize profits. Study my brain please. I'm sorry, he wrote."
Shane Tamura, 27, killed four people and himself in a Manhattan office building in July. The New York City medical examiner found unambiguous diagnostic evidence of low-stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in his brain tissue. CTE can only be diagnosed posthumously and is caused by repeated exposure to head trauma, most commonly associated in the US with NFL players. Authorities found a note at the scene in which Tamura linked his mental troubles to playing football and asked for his brain to be studied. Tamura drove from Las Vegas and appeared to be targeting NFL headquarters on a different floor of the building. Four victims included a security guard at 345 Park Avenue, an executive at Blackstone, a police officer and a Rudin Management employee. CTE has also been found in student athletes who did not play sports beyond high school or college.
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