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Manhattan shooting news: Shane Tamura, a 27-year-old man from Las Vegas, has been identified as the shooter who opened fire inside a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper housing NFL headquarters and offices of several financial firms, including Blackstone, killing at least five people. According to NYPD Commissioner, Jessica S. Tisch, the shooter travelled through Colorado to NYC and deliberately took the elevator to the 33rd floor of Rudin Management.

Gunman acted alone: Police

He fatally shot himself in the chest at the end of his shooting spree. Tisch said the gunman was believed to have acted alone, and investigators had yet to determine a possible motive for the shooting. A photo of the suspect that CNN said was shared by police, showing a gunman walking into the building carrying a rifle was published by a number of major news media outlets.

One of the four victims slain in the gun violence was a 36-year-old New York Police Department officer who had been on the force for about 3 1/2 years. The three others killed by the suspect were civilians.

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New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told a press conference that surveillance video showed Tamura, leave a double-parked black BMW on Park Avenue between 51st and 52nd street. Carrying an M4 rifle in his right hand, Tisch said he crossed to the building's entrance.
Surveillance video then showed Tamura enter the lobby, "turn right and immediately open fire on an NYPD officer."

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Tamura, a 27-year-old from Las Vegas who appears to have driven across country over three days to New York, next shot a woman taking cover behind a pillar, "and proceeds through the
lobby, spraying it with gunfire," Tisch said, in terse recap of the shooting. Tamura encountered his next victim as he made his way to the elevator bank, "where he shoots a security guard who was taking cover behind the security desk." Another male was also shot in the lobby, Tisch said, citing a statement from the victim from the hospital.

How the deadly Midtown Manhattan shooting played out

Tamura, whom Tisch has been told by Nevada police has a history of mental illness, then summoned an elevator. When it opened, a woman stepped out and walked past him, unharmed, Tisch said. Tamura then entered the elevator, riding it to the offices of real estate firm Rudin Management on the 33rd floor. Once there, "he begins to walk the floor, firing rounds as he travels." "One person was struck and killed on that floor," Tisch said. Lastly, Tamura "proceeds down a hallway and shoots himself in the chest." "In total, we have five innocent victims ... four innocent civilians and our police officer."

(With inputs from agency)