What to know about the victims of the New York City skyscraper shooting

NYPD officer Didarul Islam and Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner among the four killed in Monday’s attack

An off-duty New York police officer as well as a high-ranking real estate executive were among those killed on Monday evening during a shooting at a Manhattan high-rise building that left four victims dead and one other seriously injured, according to officials.

The New York police department (NYPD) officer Didarul Islam, 36, who was assigned to a Bronx precinct and had been on the job for three and a half years, was off duty when the attack began.

The immigrant from Bangladesh was also a father of two children – with a third on the way – when he died “protecting New Yorkers”, the city’s mayor, Eric Adams, said.

“He was doing what he does best and all members of the police department carry out,” Adams said during a late Monday press conference. “He was saving lives.”