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(NewsNation) — One time aft the shooting successful New York City that near 4 radical dead, the anticipation that chronic traumatic encephalopathy played a relation successful the onslaught has go a blistery topic.
Shane Tamura, the alleged shooter, had a three-page note successful his wallet saying helium suffered from a encephalon illness and was requesting that the National Football League survey his brain, according to police.
Written connected Tamura’s enactment were respective names, including Dr. Christopher Nowinski.
Nowinski, a erstwhile pro wrestler and present neuroscientist and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, joined "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" connected Tuesday and said that "it's hard what to make" of his sanction being successful the note.
"With idiosyncratic who's consenting to execute an enactment similar this, I mean, they're intelligibly not successful their close mind," Nowinski said. "So it's besides unfortunate to see that this benignant of happening has happened before."
Nowinski began his enactment towards studying CTE implicit 20 years agone erstwhile his workfellow astatine World Wrestling Entertainment, Chris Benoit, confided successful him regarding concussion concerns.
Benoit didn't person immoderate assistance and yet killed his wife, lad and himself. That situation, and the 1 that occurred with Tamura, has Nowinski reinforcing that CTE is genuinely "a life-and-death issue."
"We don't cognize if this idiosyncratic has CTE," added Nowinski. "But, large picture, CTE and traumatic encephalon injuries are precise analyzable and devastating issues."
Police said Tamura changeable himself successful the chest, which is of note, since helium mightiness person been trying to sphere his encephalon truthful scientists and doctors tin look astatine it. It's besides been said that CTE tin lone beryllium diagnosed aft decease with an autopsy.
However, Nowinski argued that adjacent aft the autopsy, it inactive mightiness not beryllium determined if CTE is what caused Tamura's actions.
"You can't necktie immoderate encephalon wounded oregon encephalon illness oregon aesculapian information to a azygous act, a azygous behavior," helium said.
"So immoderate the aesculapian examiner discovers, it's not going to reply each the questions. It mightiness springiness america a model into however impaired his encephalon was."
