
NYC Skyscraper Shooting
Slain NYPD Cop Was an Immigrant …
Married With 2 Kids, Baby on the Way
Published
The New York Police Department officer slain within the NYC skyscraper assault Monday evening was a married immigrant father of two younger boys with a 3rd youngster on the way in which.
Didarul Islam, 36, moved to America from Bangladesh and served as an NYPD officer for over 3 years, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch revealed in a information convention. He was assigned to the Bronx and was off-duty, working a company safety element on the time of his murder.
Tisch praised him as a real hero, noting … “He was doing the job that we asked him to do. He put himself in harm’s way. He made the ultimate sacrifice. He died as he lived. A hero.”
NYC Mayor Eric Adams said … “He was a person of faith and a person that believed in God and believed in living out the life of a godly person.”
Police Officer Didarul Islam represented the easiest of our division.
He was defending New Yorkers from hazard when his life was tragically minimize quick as we speak.
We take part prayer throughout this time of incomprehensible ache. We will endlessly honor his legacy.#FidelisAdMortem pic.twitter.com/vkBZetsz2N
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) July 29, 2025
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As we reported … Islam was 1 of 4 folks killed Monday round 6:30 PM — after 27-year-old Shane Tamura drove throughout the nation and entered the constructing at 345 Park Avenue on 52nd Street and started spraying bullets into unsuspecting victims.
Adams confirmed Tamura was concentrating on the NFL headquarters situated within the constructing.
Investigators say a 3-page suicide word was discovered on Tamura’s physique after he shot himself within the chest on the constructing’s thirty third ground, which is occupied by Rudin Management.
In the word, he claimed he suffered from CTE — a illness linked to go trauma — and requested for his mind to be studied … therefore the chest gunshot, police consider. He additionally talked about the NFL.
One NFL worker was injured however steady Monday evening, in keeping with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
An extra sufferer was left in vital situation whereas 4 others sustained minor accidents whereas making an attempt to flee.
It is thought that Tamura suffered from psychological well being points. The investigation stays ongoing.