NYPD officer killed in midtown Manhattan shooting immigrated from Bangladesh, had a pregnant wife
The slain New York City police officer was who killed by a gunman in a Manhattan office building immigrated to the U.S. from Bangladesh and left behind a pregnant wife, authorities said.
Didarul Islam, 36, had been on the force for four years before he was gunned down Monday evening. He was a married father to two young boys and his wife is pregnant with their third child, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
Islam, an immigrant from Bangladesh who was assigned to the NYPD’s 47th Precinct in the Bronx, was one of two uniformed officers in the Park Avenue high-rise when the shooting occurred.
“He put himself in harms way,” Tisch said. “He made the ultimate sacrifice.”
“He died as he lived: a hero,” she added.
Both of the officers were working there as part of the paid detail program, which allows companies to hire uniformed officers as extra security, Tisch said.
New York Mayor Eric Adams, a former NYPD officer, said he met with Islam’s family.
“This was his dad’s only son,” he said. “It is unimaginable to experience a loss of this magnitude.”
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