A fundraiser for the children of security guard gunned down in last week\u2019s mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan has topped $60,000 \u2014 as kin hailed him as \u201ca pillar of strength\u201d for his family.<\/p>\n
Aland Etienne, 46<\/a>, was among four people killed by gun-toting maniac Shane Tamura at 345 Park Ave. on July 28, leaving his family and school-aged kids without a provider, the gofundme site said.<\/p>\n Aland Etienne, 46, was a doting dad and a beloved fixture at 345 Park Ave. before tragedy struck. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n \u201cAland was more than just a colleague or friend \u2014 he was light in every room, a pillar of strength for his family, and the kind of father every child dreams of,\u201d the site said. \u201cHe leaves behind two beautiful children who were his entire world.<\/p>\n \u201cHis deepest wish was to give them the future they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n Etienne was on duty when Tamura stormed in, killing him, Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner<\/a> and NYPD Police Officer Didarul Islam<\/a>, before taking the elevator to the 33rd floor.<\/p>\n There, he opened fire on cleaning woman Sebije Nelovic<\/a>, who managed to duck into a closet, before he shot and killed 27-year-old Rudin Management associate Julia Hyman<\/a> \u2014 then killed himself.<\/p>\n Tragic victims, clockwise from top left \u2014 Wesley LePatner, Aland Etienne, NYPD officer Didarul Islam, Julia Hyman. Blackstone; Facebook; Obtained; Linkedin<\/p>\n Shane Tamura, a deranged Las Vegas security guard, stormed into 345 Park Ave. with an AR-15 assault rifle July 28. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n NYPD officers escorting civilians to safety during the active shooter incident. Derek French\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Etienne has a son who celebrated his 7th birthday just days after the tragedy, and an older daughter, According to sources. He was a beloved fixture at the Midtown skyscraper, the sources said.<\/p>\n Shamura, a disgruntled Las Vegas security guard, was targeting NFL offices in the building over perceived CTE injuries from playing high school football \u2014 but went to the wrong floor. <\/p>\n Etienne\u2019s fundraiser has reached over $60,000. Gofundme<\/p>\n Funerals for the slain hero cop, a married 36-year-old father of two who had been on the force for four years; LePatner, the married mom of two; and Hyman, a Cornell graduate, were held last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fundraiser for the children of security guard gunned down in last week\u2019s mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":117606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,12507,5249,16482,5248,17833,65743,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,2694],"class_list":{"0":"post-117605","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-gofundme","10":"tag-manhattan","11":"tag-mass-shootings","12":"tag-metro","13":"tag-midtown","14":"tag-midtown-nyc-shooting-2025","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-newyork","18":"tag-newyorkcity","19":"tag-ny","20":"tag-nyc","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-us-news","27":"tag-usa","28":"tag-victims"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114969280840540909","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}