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Midtown mass shooter had CTE, which he cited in suicide note, medical examiners say

Midtown mass shooter had CTE, which he cited in suicide note, medical examiners say

The gunman who killed four people in a mass shooting in Midtown in July had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disease linked to repeated head trauma, city medical examiners announced Friday. Shane Tamura, 27, had “unambiguous diagnostic evidence” of low-stage CTE, according to the chief medical examiner’s office, which completed its neuropathological examination of his brain tissue. Tamura left a …

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