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How CTE factors into the NYC mass shooting

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that the gunman who killed four people at a Midtown office building on Monday was trying to target the NFL headquarters, citing a note apparently left behind by the shooter that investigators said also mentioned CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy. CBS News' Michael George has the latest.
Jul 30, 2025 (02:54)

TRANSCRIPT FOR: “HOW CTE FACTORS INTO THE NYC MASS SHOOTING NEAR THE NFL HEADQUARTERS”

EROLL BARNETT:
00:01:46

So bizarre. Michael, what can you tell us about the vigil for the NYPD officer who was killed? Yeah, it was so emotional last night. NYPD officers stood for the dignified transfer of Police Officer Didarul Islam. Officer Islam was in uniform working as a security guard for a private company at the time of the shooting. His body was moved from the medical examiner's office to a mosque in the Bronx, where he lived. Neighbors and family members say the grief is overwhelming. Mourners remembered Officer Islam as a good man. He was very nice person. He was really responsible person, and mostly like our people, it's like whoever they get the job, they're all of them trying to do the best.

MICHAEL GEORGE:
00:02:29

Islam was an immigrant from Bangladesh and his parents' only son. He was a husband and father of two sons, and his wife is pregnant with their third child. In addition to Officer Islam, unarmed security guard Aland Etienne; Julia Hyman, an associate with the real-estate firm Rudin; and Wesley LePatner, a senior managing director with Blackstone, were also killed. Errol.

EROLL BARNETT:
00:02:51

All right, Michael George, thank you for all of that.

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