New York officials including Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul paid tribute to NYPD officer Didarul Islam, killed while working security at a Manhattan office building.
An off-duty NYPD officer was fatally shot in Manhattan on Monday was identified as 36-year-old Didarul Islam, a father of two whose wife is pregnant with their third child.
Islam, an immigrant from Bangladesh, was one of four people killed when 27-year-old Shane Tamura opened fire inside a Midtown Manhattan office building on Monday evening. Tamura, a Las Vegas resident with a history of mental health issues, began shooting in the lobby before moving to another floor and later turning the gun on himself.
The office building housed both Blackstone, an investment firm, and the NFL headquarters, among other companies. Islam was working security for the building when he was killed.
President Donald Trump called the shooting „tragic“ and said that he trusted law enforcement „to get to the bottom of why this crazed lunatic committed such a senseless act of violence.“ He also expressed his sympathies to the loved ones of the victims and concluded, „God bless the New York Police Department, and God Bless New York.“
„Police Officer Didarul Islam represented the very best of our department. He was protecting New Yorkers from danger when his life was tragically cut short today“, the NYPD wrote on X.
