Flags were lowered on Tuesday to “honor NYPD Officer Didarul Islam and all those lost in the brutal, cowardly attack in Manhattan on Monday.”
New York City will lower its flags to half-staff on Tuesday in honor of the victims of Monday’s shooting in Manhattan, a gesture set to be repeated across the entire state.
Four people were killed, including a police officer, and a fifth was wounded, when a gunman brandishing an assault rifle opened fire in a skyscraper in a bungled attempt to target the NFL, which has its headquarters in the building.The Context
The mass shooting in Manhattan comes amid a spate of gun crimes across the United States that has sparked a fierce debate about gun control, left politicians unable to answer how to address the problem, and led to multiple countries issuing warnings to their citizens considering traveling to the U.S.
The Gun Violence Archive, a database that collects information about shootings across the country, has calculated that there have been 253 mass shootings so far in 2025, just over halfway through the year.
