More than a decade before he turned a Midtown NYC office building into a killing ground, Shane Tamura stood out as a rising star on a high school gridiron. Police believe the 27-year-old shooter’s obsession with CTE,

In a video message, Tisch said Tamura left a suicide note and claimed to be suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), possibly from playing high school football. Tamura also blamed the NFL and asked that his brain be studied for signs of the degenerative disease.

The gunman in the deadly Midtown Manhattan shooting, Shane Tamura, wrote about the brain disease CTE in a note obtained by investigators.