A lone gunman killed four people in Manhattan before fatally shooting himself in the deadliest gun attack in New York City in 25 years. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asks NYC Mayor Eric Adams about the investigation and the shooter’s possible motive.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams discussed the ongoing investigation into a recent shooting in the city. Authorities are examining the suspect's background, including claims of suffering from CTE and being a former NFL player, which have been found to be unsubstantiated. The suspect only played high school football, and the investigation is ongoing regarding his mental health and the prescription medication found in his car.

Police recovered firearms, ammunition, and prescription medication from the suspect's vehicle. There is no current evidence that the suspect planned further violence beyond the initial incident. The suspect was not previously known to law enforcement, and his firearms permit, issued in Nevada, is under review. Investigators are also looking into whether the suspect's mental health should have affected his ability to possess firearms.

Mayor Adams asked what police know about NYC shooter’s motive

Have investigators shed any more light on what may have been the motive for this attack? The investigation is continuing. We're sending two teams to Las Vegas, one to execute a search warrant and the other to look at the two firearms and guns that were recovered. The motive appeared to be connected to the shooter's belief that he was suffering from CTE and he was an ex-NFL player. Those items just don't pan out. He never played for the NFL and so we're still unraveling this terrible shooting that took place in the city. Yeah, he never played for the NFL, never played college football. He did play high school football. New York authorities, as you well know, Mayor, found prescription medication, a loaded revolver and more ammunition in the suspect's car, which was double parked on Park Avenue right across from that building. Were there any indications he was planning additional violence elsewhere in New York besides the Park Avenue office building? Not at this time. We had a large number of bullets that were found in the car, but at this time the investigation has not concluded if he was going to take more actions. What about the medication that police found in his car? Did that have anything to do with the suspect's mental health issues? It's still under investigation. As you can imagine, this is still relatively new. It's less than 24 hours. The shooting took place around 6, 20 something last night. And so there are many layers of the investigation that we have to peel back to sort of get a full understanding of what took place here and what motivated a shooting of this magnitude. And as you indicated, we lost a young officer who has two children and a child on the on the way. It was just a devastating impact what happened to Officer Islam, as well as the other victims. It's so heartbreaking indeed. I know it's still very early in the investigation, Mayor. Is there any indication at least so far that the suspect was on the radar of any legal authorities? No, not at all. And what's challenging, Wolf, is that we have done an amazing job here in removing illegal guns and weapons off our streets. But this came into our city. Many of the other jurisdictions have a more lax gun policies. It appears as though this individual had a permit to obtain firearms. And we really need to look at allowing our federal law enforcement officials to look into the database of those with severe mental health illness, should they be allowed to carry firearms. This is a conversation that is going to be carried out on the federal level. But he was not on our radar at all. Will they be doing an autopsy and will authorities be testing the suspect's brain for what's called CTE? The M.E., the medical examiner here in the city, he will make that determination on the next steps in collaboration with the district attorney in Manhattan County. We know, Mayor, that one woman who encountered the shooter in the elevator was spared. Have you or investigators spoken to her? And how is she doing? And what did she have to say? Yeah, it was pretty eerie. When you looked at the video, Wolf, you saw that after the suspect shot several individuals, he came in contact with a woman who was leaving the elevator. And he allowed her to walk past him without any action at all. And he just shot one of the security guards who was behind a desk. And so that is going to be part of the investigation and the interviews that will follow. Is the suspect's concealed firearms permit that was issued in Nevada back in 2022 still active? And what do we know about the permit or any of the gun purchases? We're looking into that. That is why our team is going to Las Vegas to do a thorough investigation into the firearms to find out were they legally possessed and were they on his permit and was he allowed to follow. But that is part of the ongoing investigation that our detectives are going to carry out in Las Vegas.

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