At least five people were killed after a man—identified by authorities cited in multiple media outlets as 27-year-old Shane Tamura—opened fire. One of the victims was an off-duty New York City Police Department ( NYPD) officer, the Associated Press reported.

A deadly NYC shooting has reignited criticism of Mamdani’s anti-police rhetoric and defund the police stance amid a tightening mayoral race.

Socialist mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani is planning to axe an elite NYPD task force that charged into a Park Avenue building during Monday’s deadly mass shooting if he takes over City Hall — despite expressing how “grateful” he was for the first responders after the attack.