An off-duty New York City police officer and an executive at an investment firm were among four people killed by a gunman at a Manhattan office tower. The officer, Didarul Islam, was working a corporate security detail at the midtown skyscraper that is home to the headquarters of both the NFL and Blackstone, one of the world’s largest investment firms. Blackstone has confirmed senior managing director Wesley LePatner was fatally shot. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said a worker at the league's office was seriously wounded. A labor union identified a security officer killed in the shooting as Aland Etienne. Authorities haven’t identified the other person killed in the attack.

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This photo shows Wesley LePatner, an executive at Blackstone Inc., who was shot and killed by a gunman on Monday, July 28, 2025, at the company's headquarters in New York. (Courtesy of Blackstone Inc. via AP)

Officials say a man with a rifle killed an off-duty New York City police officer and three other people before taking his own life at a Manhattan office tower. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that the gunman was trying to target the headquarters of the National Football League on Monday but took the wrong elevator. The city recently announced it was on pace to have its fewest murders and fewest people hurt by gunfire of any year in recent decades. Police say the gunman had a history of mental illness. A rambling note found on his body suggested he had a grievance against the NFL.

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FILE - Police officers watch members of the public outside the Town Hall during a vigil to remember the victims of the stabbing attack last Monday in Southport, England, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Darren Staples, File)

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NYPD officers stand in line during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman Monday evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

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The ambulance carrying the body of Didarul Islam exits NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital during the dignified transfer of the slain officer, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

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The ambulance carrying the body of Didarul Islam exits NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital during the dignified transfer of the slain officer, who was shot and killed by a gunman Monday evening, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

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The residence of Shane Tamura, identified as the gunman in the fatal shooting at a Manhattan office building in New York City and who was killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound is seen on Monday, July 28, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/Ty O'Neil)