Records released this week by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police confirm they had several contacts in recent years with Shane Tamura, the 27-year-old man who drove to New York and killed four people on July 28. The records show he was known to suffer from mental illness, had been the subject of two emergency psychiatric evaluations , and yet was still allowed to buy firearms legally — including the AR-15-style rifle used in New York.

The information includes 911 calls from Tamura's mother, who reported that her son was suicidal, and that he'd been diagnosed with anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder. She also told dispatchers her son had owned a gun in the past, and might still have one.

The incidents, in 2022 and 2024, both resulted in police filing paperwork to commit Tamura to eme

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