In 122 words, slain Officer Didarul Islam in an essay made it clear why he wanted to join the NYPD: they were there to ...

Thousands of officers, politicians, friends and loved ones paid their respects to fallen NYPD Officer Didarul Islam on Thursday, July 31, 2025, at a Bronx mosque during his funeral services.

Islam was killed in a mass shooting on Monday, July 28, in a Manhattan skyscraper where he was working paid security detail.

The hero cop’s family had been looking forward to visiting a water park with relatives Wednesday but was instead planning the ...

Mourners gathered at the Jame Masjid mosque in Parkchester to remember 36-year-old Didarul Islam, who was working in the ...

The funeral for fallen NYPD officer Didarul Islam took place at a mosque in the Parkchester section of the Bronx, where he ...

PARKCHESTER, Bronx (WABC) -- The funeral for fallen NYPD officer Didarul Islam will take place Thursday at a mosque in the ...

A Bronx neighborhood grieves the loss of Officer Didarul Islam, a beloved community member and role model, after he was shot and killed by a gunman.

Didarul Islam's casket, draped in the NYPD flag, was carried by officers through the streets of the Bronx to Parkchester Jame Masjid on July 31.

But on Monday evening, Islam, who was regularly assigned to the 47th Precinct in the Bronx, was gunned down by an armed suspect identified as Shane Tamura, as the officer was dong a paid detail shift ...

Didarul Islam, 36, was working a department-approved private security detail, in uniform, when he was fatally shot in the ...

Following the unfortunate incident, Officer Islam received overwhelming support from the community. After Tom Grech, a Malverne resident, created a GoFundMe for Didarul, many contributed to help his ...