27-year-old woman among those killed in Midtown mass shooting, NYC officials say

The fourth victim of the gunman who fatally shot four people in a Midtown Manhattan office building Monday was a 27-year-old associate at the real estate company that oversees the skyscraper, New York City medical examiners confirmed Wednesday.

According to her LinkedIn page, Julia Hyman had worked for Rudin Management since November. Cornell University said Hyman, a Manhattan native, graduated summa cum laude from its Nolan School of Hotel Administration in 2020, with a major in hotel and restaurant administration and a minor in real estate. She returned to campus earlier this summer for her five-year reunion.

“We are devast[at]ed for Julia’s friends and family, including her parents and sister Ali, a 2017 graduate of the College of Human Ecology,” Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff said in a statement. “We extend our deepest condolences to all the families whose loved ones were lost in this senseless act.”

Rudin Management did not respond to requests for comment. Hyman previously worked at Sagehall, a private investment firm focused on real estate, and graduated from Riverdale Country School in the Bronx in 2016, according to her LinkedIn page. In a letter to the student body reported by the New York Times, head of school Kari Ostrem said Hyman would be remembered “for her light, her bright smile and infectious laugh, and the kindness and sense of community that she brought to school every day.”

Multiple news reports indicate 27-year-old shooter Shane Tamura killed Hyman after exiting the elevator on the 33rd floor of 345 Park Ave. around 6:30 p.m. Monday. Police said Tamura then shot and killed himself. City officials said he appears to have been targeting National Football League offices in the building and was carrying a note linking his mental health with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative disease common among football players.

Authorities are still investigating Tamura’s motive, background and how he came to possess the two guns recovered at the scene. City investigators have deployed to Las Vegas, where Tamura lived, and are coordinating with federal officials, according to Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.

The others killed in the shooting were Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner, security guard Aland Etienne and NYPD officer Didarul Islam, who police said was working a paid security detail at the building. Tamura injured a fifth person who officials say is in stable condition.

LePatner was a senior managing director who led real estate investments at Blackstone, according to the global investment firm. She graduated from Yale University and served on the boards of various organizations, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and UJA-Federation of New York.

Etienne was a Haitian immigrant who is survived by his wife and two sons, his family told Gothamist. He was also a member of the 32BJ SEIU, according to the union's president Manny Pastreich.

At Islam's home in the tight-knit Bangladeshi community in Parkchester, mourners recalled him Tuesday as a generous neighbor and devout Muslim. Police said he is survived by his two sons and wife, who is pregnant with their third child.