The Rudin employee who was killed in yesterday’s shooting at 345 Park Avenue was a young associate named Julia Hyman.
Hyman was killed when the gunman mistakenly took the elevator to Rudin’s offices on the building’s 33rd floor late in the day around 6:30 p.m., the New York Post reported.
The killer, identified as 27-year-old Nevada resident Shane D. Tamura, was reportedly targeting the offices of the National Football League in the building, the New York Times reported.
Hyman attended Riverdale Country School in the Bronx and graduated from Cornell University’s hotel administration program in 2020, according to her LinkedIn. She did a stint as a summer intern at Newmark before working at the real estate investment firm Sagehall, her profile shows. She joined Rudin as an associate in November.
“The Rudin family and everyone at our company are devastated by yesterday’s senseless tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with those injured and lost last night, including our cherished Rudin colleague, a brave New York City police officer, a beloved lobby security guard and an employee at a tenant firm,” the Rudin family said in a statement. “We are grateful to the NYPD, FBI, EMS and multiple other emergency responders for their swift and courageous action. We also thank the Mayor and Police Commissioner for their leadership.”
Police say Tamura drove across the country from his home in Las Vegas and walked into the lobby of 345 Park Avenue with an AR-15-style rifle and began shooting in the lobby. According to his suicide note, Tamura, a former high school football player, believed he suffered from CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, an injury common in football. CTE can only be definitively diagnosed after death through a brain autopsy.
One of the other victims has been identified as Wesley LePatner, the chief executive officer of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust. She was 43.
“Words cannot express the devastation we feel,” Blackstone said in a statement, the Associated Press reported. “Wesley was a beloved member of the Blackstone family and will be sorely missed. She was brilliant, passionate, warm, generous, and deeply respected within our firm and beyond.”
According to the Rudins, 345 Park will remain closed as authorities continue their investigation. “As New Yorkers, we stand shoulder to shoulder in the face of this hatred, we grieve with the families and loved ones of those lost, and we pray for the full recovery of those injured,” the family said.