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Police, Community Mourn Fallen Police Officer

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 ...

Remembering 9/11

Cops, Community Remember Sept 11th 

Cops in the Bronx hold a moment of silence for the victims of 9/11. -Photo by David Greene
Cops in the Bronx hold a moment of silence for the victims of 9/11. -Photo by David Greene

By David Greene 

Bronx Voice 

September 11, 2024 


BRONX - At police precincts throughout the Bronx, residents and cops came out to provide a moment of silence to honor those killed on 9/11.



Nearly two dozen police officers joined members of the 49th Precinct Clergy Council gathered outside the Eastchester Road station house, marking the 23rd anniversary of the September 11th attacks. 



The commanding officer read off the names of the officers killed during the terror attack. He also read the names of the officers who died from 9/11 related illnesses over the past 23 years.




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