Forensic Psychological Analysis of Manhattan Shooting: Shooter’s Psychiatric Profile and Witness Trauma

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
We're going to talk about the shooting incident yesterday in Manhattan.
Happened at three forty five Park Avenue, Manhattan. Four have
been had deceased and one critically injured. It was perpetrated
by the twenty seven year old Shane Tamura. I'm looking
at here the mental health history and Tamura's mental health

(00:23):
history warrant scrutiny records show psychiatric holds in twenty twenty
two and twenty twenty four suggesting severe mental illness and
potentially schizophrenia, bipolar or major depression, which is what I
stated through some of my colleagues. A suicide note as well,
claiming chronic traumatic encephalopathy so CTE, allegedly linked to the NFL,

(00:46):
indicates possible delusional ideation, though unverified by medical evidence, and
my guess it was. This cross country drive and the
us of the use of an AR fifteen reflect premeditation,
no impulsivity, pointing to complex psychiatric motivations, untreated conditions of fuel.
Of course, distorted perceptions for witnesses the abrupt traumatic event,

(01:11):
for instance, the NYPD officer that died, the security guard,
the Blackstone executive, and a rooted management employee poses a
real high risk of PTSD for the survivors. If the survivors,
they may experience intrusive memories, hyper arousal, or avoidance behaviors,
and those are classic criteria for PTSD in nightmares. Immediate

(01:36):
psychological intervention, of course, is recommended for those and trauma
focused therapy. The NYPD's investigation in Vegas may uncover further
psychiatric history, and I wouldn't be surprised. So that's it
for now, folks.