NYC shooter had two ‘mental health holds’ in Las Vegas. They didn’t affect his legal right to own guns – Knowhere News

NYC shooter had two ‘mental health holds’ in Las Vegas. They didn’t affect his legal right to own guns – Knowhere News

The 27-year-old Shane Tamura, who traveled to New York and killed four people on July 28, had multiple contacts with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police in recent years, according to records made public this week. According to the records, he had two emergency psychiatric examinations and was known to have mental illness, but he was still permitted to lawfully purchase firearms, including the AR-15-style rifle that was used in New York. The data c…