{"id":308025,"date":"2026-07-28T21:26:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T21:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/308025\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T21:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T21:26:52","slug":"bronx-cop-killed-in-midtown-mass-shooting-honored-at-vigil-on-anniversary-of-his-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/308025\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx cop killed in Midtown mass shooting honored at vigil on anniversary of his murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

At less than one year of age, Islam\u2019s son cried out as his granddaughter walked him by a photograph of the fallen cop. Although the tot could not yet fully grasp the measure of his loss, it was clear he joined his family\u2019s sorrow outside the 47th Precinct\u2019s stationhouse.<\/p>\n

The still-mourning family gathered with Mamdani and Tisch, and members of the 47th Precinct, on July 28 to mark a year since Islam and three other New Yorkers were slain in the 2025 gun violence that happened at 345 Park Ave. in Midtown.<\/p>\n

The beloved cop lost his life when 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura entered the skyscraper and opened fire with an assault rifle, killing four before turning the gun on himself in one of the Big Apple\u2019s most deadly mass shootings.\u00a0Islam was working as security for the building in uniform as part of the NYPD\u2019s paid detail program.<\/p>\n

Three other people were killed in the massacre: Aland Etienne<\/a>, another security guard at the Park Avenue building; Julia Hyman<\/a>, an associate at Rudin Management; and Wesley LePatner<\/a>, an executive at Blackstone.<\/p>\n

According to those who knew him, the 3 1\/2-year NYPD veteran had taken on the extra security detail on his time off to help support his family.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was technically his day off after a long and demanding week as an officer for the NYPD. At home, he was busy raising two young children. His wife, Jamila, was pregnant with their third. But for Detective Islam, taking on extra work to protect his fellow New Yorkers was not a burden, it was a way of life. He regularly volunteered to work special details, overtime, and off-duty gigs, so that he could provide not only for his family here in Parkchester, but his relatives in Bangladesh,\u201d Mayor Mamdaini said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch paid tribute in the Bronx Tuesday to the life of Detective Didarul Islam on the 1st anniversary of his murder.Photo by Dean Moses \"\"officers from the 47 Precinct lined up beside a photograph of Islam as his family members watched wreaths laid at the foot of the photo.Photo by Dean Moses \"\"\u201cThose memories are now part of the history of this command, where future officers will learn the name of Detective First Grade Didarul Islam and will understand the service behind that name,\u201d Tisch said.Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n

Honoring their fallen friend and colleague, officers from the 47th Precinct lined up beside a photograph of Islam as his family members watched wreaths laid at the foot of the photo. Tisch remembered Islam as a professional who was loved by his peers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose memories are now part of the history of this command, where future officers will learn the name of Detective First Grade Didarul Islam and will understand the service behind that name,\u201d the top said. \u201cHe will always be one of the 47 Precinct, and his name will forever belong to the department he served with honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

His wife, grandfather, and his young children all stood in somber remembrance of a man they lost too soon. His brother-in-law, Police Officer Kamrul Hasan, told the gathering that he wished he could turn back time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI often wish I could go back in time just once to say goodbye to my brother, but we all know it\u2019s not gonna happen. Over the past year, every family gathering has felt incomplete. There is always an empty place that no one can replace. We miss him every single day,\u201d Hasan said. \u201cNothing can replace that loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"officers from the 47 Precinct lined up beside a photograph of Islam as his family members watched wreaths laid at the foot of the photo.Photo by Dean Moses \"\"Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch paid tribute in the Bronx Tuesday to the life of Detective Didarul Islam on the 1st anniversary of his murder.Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n

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