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A Blackstone executive and mother of two, a hero NYPD officer, a Cornell grad and a security guard were among the four people fatally shot inside a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper on Monday.
Wesley LePatner, a senior executive at Blackstone, was among the four victims of a gunman who opened fire on Monday in a Park Avenue office tower.
Wesley LePatner was a married mother, Yale graduate, and Blackstone executive who was shot and killed in a gunman's rampage inside a Park Avenue skyscraper. The former Wesley Mittman, she was married to husband Evan Harris LePatner,
She lived with courage and conviction, instilling in her two children a deep love for Judaism and the Jewish people,” said UJA-New York.
"We cannot properly express the grief we feel upon the sudden and tragic loss of Wesley," the LePatner family told Fortune, adding she was a "driven and extraordinarily talented professional and colleague.
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Wesley LePatner, 43, a senior managing director at the investment firm, was shot dead by Shane Tamura, 27, at Blackstone's New York headquarters.
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Wesley LePatner ’03, among the four victims of a Monday shooting, was a Blackstone executive remembered for her contributions to campus life, Yale fundraising and Jewish institutions.