345 Park Avenue NYC shooting: Off-duty NYPD officer Didarul Islam funeral today at Bronx mosque
The funeral for the officer killed in Monday's mass shooting in Midtown , NYPD officer Didarul Islam, will take place Thursday in the Bronx.
Separate viewings for men and women will be held Thursday morning at Parkchester Jame Masjid.
Mayor Eric Adams, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Governor Kathy Hochul arrived at the 47th Precinct in the Bronx to deliver remarks during Wednesday morning's roll call.
And there was a steady stream of visitors paying their respects at Islam's family home on Wednesday, including mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
More than $200,000 has been raised for officer Didarul Islam's family so far by two online fundraisers posted Tuesday afternoon.
In accordance with his faith, Islam's body is being prepared for a line-of-duty funeral.
"We do clean, wash the body, and we wrap up with a white cloth. That's our last cloth, we say. Then we put on the funeral. So people can see him before we have the last prayer for him," his father's first cousin Zairul Islam said.
A dignified transfer of Islam's body from the medical examiner's office to Parkchester Jame Masjid took place Tuesday, as fellow officers gathered to honor his memory. Traffic was held on FDR Drive to clear the roadway for the solemn procession.
Members of the NYPD and FDNY lined the streets to salute Islam.
He is the first NYPD officer of Bangladeshi descent to be killed in the line of duty.
Islam was the father of two young boys and was married. His wife is pregnant and is due with their third child next month.
He was assigned to the 47th precinct at a stationhouse in Baychester, where purple bunting hangs. He was on the force for three and a half years.
At the time of the shooting Monday , Islam was off duty but working a private security detail assignment.
He was in uniform, which would have included a bullet-resistant vest, and carrying his service weapon.
An autopsy report says Islam suffered wounds to his torso and arm after a gunman ambushed him and others in the lobby of an office building on Park Avenue in Midtown.
"A hardworking cop who devoted his life working for this city. He started as a school safety officer and then his dream was to become a police officer and that's what he did," PBA President Patrick Henry said. "He came on to this department and devoted his life and he was about family."
The viewings will be held at 10 a.m. followed by a prayer service at 1:15 p.m.
Governor Hochul, Police Commissioner Tisch, and all three mayoral candidates are expected to attend.
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More than $200,000 has been raised for officer didarul islam's family by two online fundraisers posted yesterday afternoon
Fund the First has raised more than $150,000, the main fundraising site
