In 122 words, slain Officer Didarul Islam in an essay made it clear why he wanted to join the NYPD: they were there to protect New Yorkers and, he said, “I got inspired by their work.” Islam was one of four people shot dead by Shane Tamura at a Park Ave.

New York City is mourning NYPD Officer Didarul Islam and three other people killed in Monday's shooting inside an office building at 345 Park Ave.

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

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

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 at 34d Park Avenue, a skyscraper home to several large New York City corporations.

Police Officer Didarul Islam, a father of two with a baby on the way, was one of the four people killed by Shane Tamura inside 345 Park Ave. on Monday.

Didarul Islam, an NYPD officer, was killed by Shane Tamura at 345 Park Avenue in Manhattan, before the assailant turned the gun on himself.

NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, a 36-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh, was tragically killed in a mass shooting at a Manhattan office tower. The gunman,

The father of NYPD Det. Didarul Islam, who was killed in last week's Midtown Manhattan office shooting spoke out Tuesday for the first time since his son's death.