The father of Didarul Islam, the off-duty NYPD officer killed in Monday's shooting in a Midtown Manhattan office building, has suffered a stroke after learning of his son's death, according to a family member.
Muhammad Mainul Islam, the officer's cousin, told the New York Post that the bereaved father collapsed after seeing his son's body. 'When he heard the message he had a stroke, feeling bad. So he had a stroke so the hospital did not release him,' he said.
The cousin also revealed that the 36-year-old officer's eight-months pregnant wife was taken to hospital by police on Tuesday morning. The couple have two young sons. 'They are all crying,' Muhammad Mainul Islam said. 'There is no brother – only him. The family is really feeling a big problem.'
Officer Islam was one of four people killed in Monday evening's attack at 345 Park Avenue. The gunman, identified as 27-year-old Shane Tamura, opened fire in the lobby, killing Islam, Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner, and an unnamed security guard. Tamura then took an elevator to the 33rd floor and killed another person, later named by the Post as Julie Hyman, a 2020 Cornell graduate and associate at Rudin Management.
Islam, an immigrant from Bangladesh, had served in the NYPD's 47th precinct in the Bronx for three and a half years. He was working a private security job when he was killed. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch described him as a hero who 'made the ultimate sacrifice'.
