345 Park Avenue NYC shooting: Off-duty NYPD officer Didarul Islam killed in Manhattan was father of 2
One of the four people killed in Monday's Midtown shooting was an off-duty New York Police officer assigned to a Bronx precinct.
Off-duty NYPD officer Didarul Islam was the father of two and his wife was pregnant, officials said.
"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," NYPD said in a statement.
He is an immigrant from Bangladesh and was assigned to the 47th precinct.
Islam was on the force for three and a half years.
Islam was off duty and working a private security detail assignment at the time of the shooting.
He was wearing a uniform, which would have included a bullet resistant vest, and he was carrying his weapon.
In a press conference Sunday night, Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch spoke about the victims and honored Didarul Islam who made the ultimate sacrifice.
"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. He embodies what the city is all about," Adams said..
"He was doing the job that we asked him to do. He put himself in harms way, he made the ultimate sacrifice. Shot in cold blood, wearing a uniform that stood for the promise that he made to the city," Tisch said.
Officials identified the others killed in the shooting as two men and a woman, whose names have not been released. A fifth victim, who was critically injured, remains at NewYork-Presbyterian, officials said.
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