The Office of the City’s Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) announced on Friday, Sept. 26, the results of a neuropathological examination of Shane Tamura, the gunman who died by suicide after carrying out the fatal mass shooting of four people at 345 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan on July 28, including NYPD Det. First Grade Didarul Islam, a husband and father who was assigned to The Bronx’s 47th Precinct.

Officials from OCME said following a thorough assessment and extensive analysis by neuropathology experts, OCME found unambiguous diagnostic evidence of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, also known as CTE, in the brain tissue of the decedent. They said the findings correspond with the classification of low-stage CTE, according to current consensus criteria.

They added that CTE may be fou

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