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Police officers stand at attention and salute as the body of Detective Didarul Islam is carried through the streets of Parkchester on July 31. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene Bronx Voice August 1, 2025 BRONX - Thousands of police officers from across the metropolitan area and beyond gathered at the Parkchester Jame Masjid on Virginia Avenue to pay their respects and say goodbye to fallen police officer Didarul Islam, 36. Islam was one of four people killed by ‘active shooter’ Shane Tamura, who walked into a midtown office building with an assault rifle on July 28. The gunman later fatally turned the gun on himself. On July 31, officers flooded the surrounding streets as several roadblocks were set up in the area with Sanitation trucks blocking several intersections. Public officials in attendance included Governor ...

Cabbie Carjacked in the Bronx

Gunmen Steal Driver’s Cab

The NYPD are looking for three men who carjacked a cabbie in the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD

The NYPD are looking for three men who carjacked a cabbie in the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

April 27, 2024


BRONX - Cops are looking for a trio of robbers who stuck up a cab driver at gunpoint in the Bronx.



At around 2:30 am on March 29, a 40-year-old cabbie picked up a fare of three passengers in the vicinity of University Avenue and West Tremont Avenue. 





Cops said as the trio entered the cab, one of the group pulled out a handgun. One of the other suspects removed the driver’s cash and cellphone.



The gunman ordered the driver out of the cab. The robbers then drove away in the stolen car. 

The NYPD released video taken from inside the cab.





Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential.





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