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The Nevada man who fired fire inside a Manhattan skyscraper and killed four people, including a New York City officer, is the son of a retired officer at the Los Angeles Police Department, several law enforcement agencies told NBC Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Sources say that Terence Tamra, the father of Shane Devon Tamra, served in LAPD for 27 years.
“LAPD can confirm that Police Officer III Terenstamura retired in good condition on August 5, 2017,” said the Jennifer Falk faction public director, adding that former police officers initially joined the unit in June 1990.
It is not immediately clear whether the father knew the son’s plans.
Shane Tamra was in Southern California in the 2010s, but her father worked for LAPD. Young Tamura attended a high school in Southern California, where he was a soccer player. He later transferred to Granada Hills Charter School in Granada Hills in 2015, when he was a senior from Golden Valley High School in Santa Clarita.
His soccer coach and high school teammates remember Tamura as a football standout and is said to be a smiley and quiet and hardworking player.
“A complete shock, total shock,” Walter Robbie said, Tamura’s former football coach. “It’s hard to just look at the people you belong to, people you know, people you coach, and it’s really hard to look at from that perspective.”
Robbie Tuesday wondered if there was anything he could do to prevent Tamura from becoming a murderer in 10 years.
“It reminds you of the words, 99 sheep and one run away, you really try to see yourself,” the former coach said. “Was there anything more I could do to help him?”
Tamura, who died of a self-harmed gunshot wound after firing several people, suffered from mental health issues, but Robbie said he had never witnessed or encountered Tamura’s problems.
Granada Hills Charter High School issued a statement Tuesday confirming that Tamura attended school in the fall semester of 2015.
“(Tamra) has not had anything to do with the school since he retreated 10 years ago,” the school said. “We are terrified of New York’s violence. It is heartbreaking and spreading the deepest sympathy to the victims, their families and the communities affected.”
NBC Los Angeles reached out to Golden Valley High School for comment.
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