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(NEW YORK) -- The man who opened fire in a Midtown Manhattan office building, killing four people and wounding a fifth, had a note claiming he suffered from CTE, police sources told ABC News.Suspect Shane Tamura died by suicide after the Monday mass shooting at 345 Park Avenue, which is home to NFL headquarters.One page of the note found in Tamura's pocket accused the NFL of concealing the dangers to […]

(TRAVESE CITY, Mich.) -- A former Marine who helped confront the suspect in a stabbing rampage at a Walmart in Michigan is speaking out in an exclusive broadcast interview after the terrifying incident that authorities said was an act of terrorism.Nearly a dozen people were randomly injured in the attack on Saturday before a group of citizens -- including Derrick Perry, who was armed with a gun -- helped prevent […]

Daniel Bockwoldt/picture alliance via Getty Images (RENO, Nev.) -- Three people were killed and several others were injured in a shooting outside a casino in Reno, Nevada, on Monday morning, officials said.The gunfire unfolded around 7:25 a.m. in the valet area outside the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Reno Police Chief Kathryn Nance said during a press conference Monday afternoon.Six victims in total sustained gunshot wounds, with three being fatal. […]

Carl David Goette-Luciak/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (MIAMI BEACH, Fla.) -- Two children participating in a youth sailing program are dead after a barge struck their sailboat in Miami Beach Monday, officials said.The sailboat capsized in Biscayne Bay, between Monument Island and Hibiscus Island, according to the Miami Beach Police Department.All six people on the sailboat -- an adult and five children -- were recovered from the water […]

(CLINTON, Ill. ) -- A series of storms has been moving from North and South Dakota through Minnesota and Iowa and into Illinois and has been tearing down trees, damaging buildings and taking down power lines.More than 170,000 customers are without power across South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin as of Tuesday morning.Wind gusts stronger than 90 mph have been reported in Spencer, Iowa, as winds are gusting over 75 […]

(NEW YORK) -- A 27-year-old man wearing body armor and carrying a high-powered M4 rifle shot and killed four people, including an off-duty police officer working security in a Midtown Manhattan office building, officials said during a press conference Monday evening.A fifth victim was left critically injured in the shooting, officials said.The incident occurred just before 6:30 p.m. in a building located at 345 Park Ave. and 52nd Street, which […]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (HIDALGO, Texas) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 77 pounds of cocaine worth more than $1 million at a port of entry in Texas, officials said.Officers at Hidalgo Port of Entry in Texas referred a vehicle, a 2020 Renault Oroch, for a secondary inspection on Saturday, according to a CBP statement on Monday."A canine inspection resulted in an alert and a nonintrusive imaging system […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The 27-year-old man who allegedly shot and killed four people at a Midtown office building on Monday carried a note in his pocket claiming he suffered from CTE and asking that his brain be studied, police sources told ABC News.The note also made references to the National Football League, police said.CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, is a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated blows to […]

Photo by Henning Kaiser/picture alliance via Getty Images (MIAMI BEACH, Fla.) -- Two people participating in a youth sailing program are dead after a barge struck their sailboat in Miami Beach midday Monday, officials said.The sailboat capsized in Biscayne Bay, between Monument Island and Hibiscus Island, according to the Miami Beach Police Department.All six people on the sailboat -- an adult and five children -- were recovered from the water […]