Lawyers and staff members in Loeb & Loeb’s Manhattan office are all safe and accounted for after a shooter killed four people in the building on Monday, according to the law firm’s local leader.
“Everyone from Loeb got out safely,” Laurie Ruckel, the firm’s New York Office Managing Partner, said Tuesday via email. Roughly 175 lawyers are based in the office, at 345 Park Ave in Midtown, according to the firm.
Police identified the shooter as Shane Tamura, a 27-year-old who last lived in Las Vegas, who they said died in the attack. He is believed to have been targeting the National Football League, whose headquarters is located in the building.
The building also houses private equity giant Blackstone Inc., consulting firm KPMG, and building landlord Rudin Management.
Wesley LePatner, the chief executive officer for Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, was among those who were killed.
Loeb & Loeb established the office as its New York base in 1986. The firm signed a 20-year lease for approximately 155,000 square feet of real estate in the 44-story building in 2009.
Loeb & Loeb has more than 450 lawyers across its US offices.
“We are working in close coordination with building security, the NYPD and local authorities to ensure the highest level of protection for our firm and its employees,” Mitch Nussbaum, the firm’s co-chair said in a statement. “We are committed to providing a safe and secure environment, and we will continue to review and strengthen our security measures firmwide accordingly.”
—MP McQueen contributed to this report
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