MIDTOWN OFFICE SHOOTING - Fallen Police Officer returned Home to Parkchester
Police officers salute as other officers wheel the gurney carrying the NYPD flag-draped coffin carry the body of slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam into the Parkchester mosque Islam attended. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene Bronx Voice July 30, 2025 NEW YORK - Several hundred NYPD police officers, detectives and top police officials including NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, joined several hundred community residents as the body of slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam, 36, was returned to his mosque in Parkchester on July 29. Nearly 24 hours earlier Islam, was off-duty and moonlighting as part of a security detail inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building at 345 Park Avenue, when Islam, a fellow security guard and two civilians were shot and killed by an ‘active shooter’ carrying a semi-automatic rifle as he entered the building. Police identified the gunman as Shane ...