CTE
A New York City medical examiner confirmed that Shane Tamura, 27—the gunman who killed four people in a Manhattan office tower housing NFL headquarters on July 28—had low-stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Tamura, a former high school player who died by suicide at the scene, carried a note asking researchers to study his brain and […]
Phillip Adams, 32, shot and killed 5 people and then took his own life. After looking at his body, coroner, Sabrina Gast, had her office contact Boston University to look for CTE in his brain. The former NFL player played 6 seasons and suffered 2 concussions. Dianne Gallagher reports: “The neurodegenerative disease results in Alzheimer’s-like […]
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