US EditionThe Manhattan Shooter Had a Previous Arrest and 2 Psychiatric Holds, Sources Say. How Was He Able to Own a Gun?
NEW YORK, AUG 01 – The shooter legally obtained an assault rifle despite a documented mental health history, highlighting gaps in red flag laws and background checks cited in over 49,000 cases nationwide through 2023.
- In Midtown Manhattan, police reported Shane Tamura, of Las Vegas, suspected of killing four people on July 28 before dying by suicide in the 345 Park Avenue office building.
- Under federal law, Tamura had two involuntary 72-hour mental health crisis holds in Nevada in 2022 and 2024, but these do not prohibit firearm possession after a 48-hour psychiatric hold.
- His supervisor legally purchased the AR-15 style rifle in 2020 and sold it assembled to him for $1,400, in accordance with Nevada’s 2020 private sale background check law.
- In response to the attack, NYPD investigators are in Las Vegas combing through evidence at Tamura’s apartment, while Governor Kathy Hochul called for a federal assault weapon ban and criticized GOP lawmakers.
- Nationwide, red flag laws have been used over 49,000 times, but Rand Corp analyses found inconclusive evidence on their impact, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness says they can be lifesaving when properly enforced.
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The Manhattan shooter had a previous arrest and 2 psychiatric holds, sources say. How was he able to own a gun?
New York City’s deadliest shooting in 25 years – in a state with some of the toughest gun laws in the nation – is raising questions about how a gunman with a history of mental health issues was able to obtain multiple firearms and drive undetected across several states to carry out the attack.
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