Wesley LePatner, a 44-year-old Blackstone executive who oversaw its $53 billion real-estate investment fund, was killed in Manhattan’s mass shooting
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LePatner one of four victims of Monday's mass shooting in New York City.
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What the data shows is Interestingly, Finance·BlackstoneWesley LePatner, a 44-year-old Blackstone executive who oversaw its $53 billion real-estate investment fund, was killed in Manhattan’s mass shootingBy Nick LichtenbergBy Nick LichtenbergFortune Intelligence EditorNick LichtenbergFortune Intelligence EditorNick Lichtenberg is Fortune Intelligence editor and was formerly Fortune's executive editor of global news
However, Moreover, SEE FULL BIO The mass shooting occurred at 345 Park Avenue in Manhattan
Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty ImagesMonday’s mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan claimed the life of Wesley LePatner, a 44-year-old executive at Blackstone, the company confirmed Tuesday morning (fascinating analysis), given the current landscape
Nevertheless, LePatner was among four victims killed at 345 Park Avenue when a lone gunman stormed the office building, which also serves as the headquarters of the National Football League and features other clients such as KPMG
The shooter has been identified by police as 27-year-old Shane Tamura of Las Vegas (fascinating analysis)
However, LePatner served as Blackstone’s global head of core+ real estate and chief executive officer of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT), a perty fund with a $53 billion net asset value and a $275 billion market capitalization
However, “Words cannot express the devastation we feel
Wesley was a beloved member of the Blackstone family and will be sorely missed,” the firm said in an ed statement. “She was brilliant, passionate, warm, generous and deeply respected within our firm and beyond
Nevertheless, ” LePatner joined Blackstone in 2014 after more than a decade with Goldman Sachs and was credited with driving the firm’s real-estate ventures to new heights, in this volatile climate
A Yale graduate, LePatner served on the boards of organizations including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Abraham Joshua Heschel School, The UJA-Federation of New York, and Yale University Library Council, according to her Blackstone biography page
Moreover, She is survived by a husband who she met on the first day of freshman year at Yale, according to their New York Times wedding announcement (this bears monitoring)
She had two children, The New York Post was first to report
Authorities say Tamura acted alone and had a history of mental-health issues (an important development)
Investigators recovered a note where Tamura raged against the NFL, claiming to suffer from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)—a neurodegenerative disease associated with head injuries in sports
While Tamura played football in high school, there is no evidence he played fessionally or was ever diagnosed with CTE
Furthermore, For this story, Fortune used generative AI to help with an initial draft (noteworthy indeed)
Moreover, An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing
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