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CNN is receiving backlash online for reporting that Park Avenue shooter Shane Tamura was “possibly white” while viewing the initial security footage released immediately after the shooting.
In the photos first shared online, Tamura was captured walking into 345 Park Avenue with an assault rifle in his hand while decked out in a suit.
CNN host Erin Burnett said that police knew what the gunman looked like, “sunglasses, mustache, male, possibly white” during the broadcast shortly after the shooting.
The chilling image of Tamura with an AR-15 assault rifle was published shortly after the shooting was reported.
It clearly shows a man with dark hair and a dark complexion.
The initial police description of the gunman described him as possibly Middle Eastern.
“He may be a bunch of different things, basically anything BUT white,” one internet commenter said.
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