Didarul Islam Obituary, Death; – The brave NYPD officer who was shot and killed by a deranged gunman inside a Midtown skyscraper Monday was identified as a dad with nearly four-year veteran of the force — and he was about to have a baby, officials and sources said.
Didarul Islam, 36, was married and his wife was eight-months pregnant when he was fatally shot by 27-year-old Shane Tamura inside 345 Park Avenue, high-ranking law enforcement sources said.
The couple also had two other young boys. Islam had been on the force since December 2021 and worked out of the 47th precinct in the Bronx.
He was off-duty Monday working as security for Rudin Management Company in the building, but was in NYPD uniform, sources said. Mayor Eric Adams honored the fallen hero, describing him as a “person of faith” who “loved this city.”
“He was doing what he does best, as all members of the police department carry out he was saving lives,” Adams said at a late Monday press conference.
“He was protecting New Yorkers. He’s an immigrant from Bangladesh, and he loved this city, and everyone we spoke with stated he was a person of faith and a person that believed in God and believed in living out the life of a godly person.”
Four other civilians were fatally shot in the bloodbath and several more were injured. Tamura barricaded himself inside the skyscraper and was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the 33rd floor, sources said.
