Cornell Graduate Julia Hyman Killed in N.Y.C. Shooting After Gunman Got in Wrong Elevator

Julia Hyman, a 27-year-old Cornell University graduate, was among the four people killed in a mass shooting at a Manhattan office building Monday after the gunman allegedly entered the wrong elevator and opened fire on the wrong floor, according to officials.

Hyman had been working as an associate at Rudin Management on the 33rd floor of 345 Park Avenue when the gunman, Shane Devon Tamura, 27, began his rampage. She had joined the company nine months earlier.

Law enforcement sources told PEOPLE that Tamura appeared to be targeting the National Football League’s offices — also located in the building — but mistakenly took an elevator bank that didn’t access the NFL’s floor. Instead, it led him to Rudin Management’s offices…

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