Hero NYPD cop shot and killed in horror shooting was father-of-two

The hero NYPD cop shot and killed in the Manhattan mass shooting Monday was working a second job in private security while his wife expected the couple's third child.

Officer Didarul Islam, 36, was shot in the back and killed by a gunman seen carrying an M4 assault rifle near a midtown Manhattan office building that houses Blackstone asset management and the NFL on Monday. Five people are dead, including Islam.

Islam, an officer since December 2021, is the father of two young boys. His wife is eight months pregnant with their third child.

He was working in private security for Rudin Management Company Monday night, The New York Post reported, though he was in an NYPD uniform. He regularly works in the Bronx's 47th precinct

Tributes poured in for Islam on Monday night, including from former NYPD officer and New York City Mayor Eric Adams in a press conference.