From NY Post: The NYPD officer shot and killed by a deranged gunman inside a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper Monday was identified as a “hero” dad and nearly four-year department veteran — whose wife is about to give birth to their third child, officials and sources said.
Married father of two Didarul Islam, 36, was remembered as a dedicated family man who loved putting on the uniform after he was senselessly murdered by 27-year-old Shane Tamura inside 345 Park Ave., somber city leaders said during a press conference.
Islam’s wife is eight months pregnant and the couple had two young boys, according to officials and sources.
“He was doing what he does best and all members of the police department carry out, he was saving lives,” Mayor Eric 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.”
Islam, who had been on the force since December 2021 was off duty Monday and moonlighting as security for Rudin Management Company.
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