NFL community reacts with sadness to the shooting at the league office that killed 4 people

29.07.2025    WHDH News    10 views
NFL community reacts with sadness to the shooting at the league office that killed 4 people

NEW YORK AP Coaches and players around the NFL expressed their sadness and condolences on Tuesday after a gunman killed four people at the league s Manhattan office a day earlier New York City Mayor Eric Adams explained the gunman was attempting to reach the league s part of the building but took the wrong elevator An NFL employee was among those wounded according to Commissioner Roger Goodell Multiple coaches including Aaron Glenn of the New York Jets and Brian Daboll of the Giants opened their news conferences by referencing the shooting Glenn reported he wished it were a better morning and Daboll called it a tragic event at Park Ave Just want to start out addressing the senseless violence that happened in New York Atlanta Falcons coach Raheem Morris stated Just send our thoughts and prayers to everybody involved including one of our own Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid noted his and his staff s thoughts go out to the people affected The people at the league office that had to go through all that Reid explained It s a bad deal We ve got to try to keep peace somewhere here There s too much of this Goodell explained in a memo to staff that a league employee was seriously injured in the attack and was hospitalized in stable condition We are deeply grateful to the law enforcement officers who responded to this threat swiftly and decisively and to Officer Islam who gave his life to protect others explained Goodell referring to Didarul Islam an off-duty police officer working a corporate assurance detail who was killed in the attack Goodell praised the swift law enforcement response and honored Islam NFL employees in New York were instructed to work remotely Tuesday or take the day off he declared and additional guard will be in place Every one of you is a valued member of the NFL family Goodell commented We will get through this together Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson announced the shooting keeps things in perspective as we enter training camp and the guys are going hard that there s a little bit more to life than just football Investigators believe Shane Tamura of Las Vegas was trying to get to the NFL offices after shooting several people Monday in the building s lobby but accidentally entered the wrong set of elevator banks Adams revealed It s constantly tough to hear things like that and really to try to stay focused Glenn explained You have to because you have a job to do but you think about the families that go through that and it s tough Police noted Tamura had a history of mental illness and a rambling note exposed on his body suggested that he had a grievance against the NFL over a claim that he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy a degenerative brain infection that can be diagnosed only after someone has died Tamura played high school football in California nearly two decades ago but never in the NFL Daboll commented he had not had any conversations with players or staff about the situation or if they were concerned for their safety Kicker Graham Gano the Giants union representative watched coverage of the shooting at the practice facility late Monday learned of the connection to the league early Tuesday and did not express any worry about he and his teammates Our protection staff here is fantastic Gano noted It s sad to see no matter who it is league office or not It s definitely really sad but I think we re fully confident in our measure organization here Three-time Tennessee Titans Pro Bowl defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons saw reports of the shooting Tuesday morning With an a m local time practice he didn t have the chance to read up on the attack but Simmons commented that s why mental wellbeing is one of the things brought up in football circles these days Mental vitality is a big thing in this world and it s our job especially in this building Simmons disclosed One thing we talked about as the leaders you never know when a guy s last day may be in this building or he could be on this gang forever So I just want to treat everybody the same Cleveland Browns owner Dee Haslam expressed her sympathies to the casualties of the horrendous acts in New York during her opening remarks at training camp on Tuesday I would be remiss if we didn t start out acknowledging what happened the day prior at the NFL headquarters Haslam revealed flanked by her husband Jimmy Our thoughts and prayers are with all the families that have lost their loved ones and we honor the policeman that also died in the line of duty and our prayers are with the ones that are injured

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