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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sport
Andrew Lawrence

Brain injuries and legal battles: the NFL’s persistent problem with CTE

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Mike Webster and Steve Courson of the Pittsburgh Steelers block against Quinton Ballard of the Baltimore Colts at Memorial Stadium in Maryland, on 13 November 1983. Photograph: George Gojkovich/Getty Images

On Monday evening, a man brandishing an AR-15-style rifle walked into the east midtown Manhattan office tower where the NFL is headquartered and killed four people before turning the gun on himself.

Authorities say the man, 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura of Las Vegas, traveled to New York days before the incident, and surveillance footage from the Park Avenue address showed him arriving in a suit and tie that concealed body armor.

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