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The Bangladeshi immigrant “always wanted to be a cop,” his brother-in-law told the. “He was a hard-working family man.”
Authorities also found a vehicle with Nevada plates registered to Tamura at the scene, with a rifle case inside, sources said.
An NYPD officer was “protecting New Yorkers from danger” when he lost his life in a violent rampage in a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper. Didarul Islam was one of four victims fatally shot by a lone gunman who barged into the 44-story building and opened fire on Monday,
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.
NYPD officers were trying to break up a fight between a group of teens near Nathan's when at least two suspects began punching and assaulting them.