The New York police officer killed in a mass shooting in a Manhattan skyscraper on Monday was an immigrant who left behind a pregnant wife, two young sons and distraught parents, and friends and officials in Bangladesh and the United States who described him as a hero.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis spoke with Fox News Digital after the deadly shooting that left multiple people including a police officer dead.

Gun laws in the city have largely prevented the sort of mass slaughter common in the rest of America. The last killing of this scale in the city was at a fast-food restaurant in Queens in 2000.

Police said Tamura had a history of mental illness, and a rambling note found on his body suggested he had a grievance against the NFL over an unsubstantiated claim that he suffered from chronic

The man who killed four people in a rampage with a rifle through a Midtown Manhattan office building was carrying a note that appeared to blame the National Football League for his degenerative brain disease,

In light of the shooting in New York City on Monday in which a man killed four people, some safety and workplace experts are saying it’s time to consider legislation aimed at protecting office workers. And many are pointing to a recently enacted law in California as an example of what other states might consider.

Shane Tamura, 27, former football standout at Golden Valley and Granada Hills high schools, entered a Park Avenue skyscraper on Monday carrying an assault rifle, police said, and began "spraying" bullets.

A shooting in a Manhattan skyscraper late on Monday that killed four people, including a New York City police officer, has been marked by statements of sorrow and prayers for the victims' families, but no sign of the Republican-controlled U.