CNN MOCKED After Reporting Manhattan Shooter May Possibly Be White

As The WLT Report previously reported, the New York Police Department has reported that Shane Tamura, 27, opened fire inside a Manhattan skyscraper on Monday evening, killing four people, including an NYPD officer.

The building where the shooting took place is the headquarters for the NFL and investment firm Blackstone.

In initial reports, CNN’s Erin Burnett reported Tamura was “possibly white.”

There’s a major problem; he wasn’t.

Just take a look at a picture of him:

CNN said the NYC shooting suspect Shane Tamura was “a male, probably white”.

You don’t hate them enough. pic.twitter.com/Ck9hoHZHhr

— Joe (@joe46102869420) July 29, 2025

🚨UPDATE: The NYC Active shooter has reportedly been identified as Shane D. Tamura, a Las Vegas resident.

According to CNN, the active shooter in New York City is a "possibly white" male. Not white! Fake News CNN! #ActiveShooter pic.twitter.com/h4mgsiSOmQ

— AJ Huber (@Huberton) July 29, 2025

The New York Post reported more on CNN’s blunder:

CNN’s Erin Burnett is being skewered for reporting that the gunman who opened fire in a Midtown skyscraper — killing an NYPD cop and three others — was “possibly white” after viewing the initial security footage released immediately after Shane Tamura’s deadly rampage.

In the photos first shared online, the suit-clad Tamura, 27, was captured in broad daylight walking into 345 Park Avenue with a Palmetto State Armory AR-15 rifle in his hand.

CNN host Erin Burnett said that police knew the gunman had “sunglasses, mustache, male, possibly white” during a broadcast shortly after the shooting Monday evening.

The chilling image of Tamura with the AR-15, however, showed him with a possibly darker or ethnically ambiguous complexion.

Early police reports also suggested the suspect might be of Middle Eastern descent.

Here’s the moment CNN’s Erin Burnett said it:

The Manhattan active shooter isn’t white like CNN’s Erin Burnett claims. Just look at this guys hair🤦🏻‍♂️
pic.twitter.com/1QpP1RBJax

— Buck Fiden (@H1BCzar) July 29, 2025

Here’s how users on X, reacted to CNN’s claim:

I kid you not…a guy on CNN just described the Midtown Manhattan shooter as, "A male, possibly white." pic.twitter.com/ZhjzuF10vT

— NotKennyRogers (@NotKennyRogers) July 28, 2025

📰CNN AT IT AGAIN!📰

Active shooter on Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan
Is " most likely a white guy "!

CNN is out of their minds!

Does he look white to y'all!? pic.twitter.com/hpdAyBy2P6

— Jakey (@JacobBaker613) July 28, 2025