Shane Tamura, a Las Vegas man with a documented history of mental health issues, was able to legally purchase the rifle used in a deadly mass shooting in New York City earlier this week.
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Mental health holds didn’t block legal gun purchase for Shane Tamura
Tamura opened fire inside a Midtown Manhattan high-rise on Monday evening, killing four people and critically injuring a fifth. Investigators say he fired 47 rounds from an M4-style assault rifle, reloading at least once during the rampage before taking his own life.
Tamura’s past includes two involuntary psychiatric holds— known as Legal 2000s in Nevada — one in 2022 and another in 2024. He was also cited for misdemeanor trespassing by Las Vegas police in 2023. Yet none of those encounters legally barred him from purchasing a firearm…