New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed Monday that 4 people, including an NYPD officer, were killed in a shooting in Midtown Manhattan. The suspect is also dead.
An off-duty NYPD officer who was fatally shot in Midtown Manhattan on Monday has been identified as 36-year-old Didarul Islam, police confirmed at a press conference Monday evening.
Islam, a three-and-a-half-year veteran of the department and an immigrant from Bangladesh, was married with two young sons. His wife is currently eight months pregnant with their third child. Mayor Eric Adams said Islam was his father’s only son.
Islam was one of four people fatally shot inside 345 Park Avenue, a high-rise office building that houses major tenants including Blackstone and the NFL. A fifth person was critically injured, and four others suffered minor injuries while fleeing, officials said.
The alleged gunman, 27-year-old Shane Tamura of Nevada, died by suicide after opening fire on multiple floors of the building. Surveillance footage shows Tamura exiting a double-parked BMW around 6:28 p.m. with an M4-style rifle. NYPD officials said he entered the lobby and immediately shot Officer Islam, then shot a woman nearby, before heading into the elevator.
Tamura continued to the upper floors, where he shot a security guard and another man. He then took the elevator to the 33rd floor, where he shot and killed one more person before fatally shooting himself in the chest, police said.
Authorities say Tamura drove cross-country and arrived in New York the same day of the shooting. He had a history of mental health issues, and investigators are still working to determine why he targeted this location.
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