Funeral for NYPD Officer Didarul Islam slain in Park Avenue mass shooting set for Thursday

Sheetal Banchariya, Chris Sommerfeldt, Thomas Tracy and Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News on Jul 30, 2025

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Last week, NYPD Officer Didarul Islam thought he knew exactly where he and his family would be the following Wednesday: enjoying themselves at a New Jersey water park.

But instead of experiencing the fun-filled day with extended family members Islam’s two sons were so looking forward to, the family is planning the hero cop’s funeral.

“They had timed their vacation together so that they could visit a water park in New Jersey,” said Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who spoke to Islam’s brother-in-law Wednesday morning. “Officer Islam’s children knew they were supposed to go — and yet they were at home mourning a father who will never return.”

Services for Islam will be held Thursday at Parkchester Jame Masjid at 1203 Virginia Ave. There will be a viewing for female mourners at 10 a.m. followed by a viewing for men from 11 a.m. Prayer services will then begin at noon.

Islam was one of the four people killed in a mass shooting in a Midtown Park Avenue skyscraper on Monday.

Islam’s father, Abdur Rob, suffered a minor heart attack after rushing to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell and being told that his son had not survived

Once they were told that Islam had died, Rob began screaming that Didarul was his only son and was expecting a baby he was now never going to meet, NYPD Chief of Department John Chell said on Fox 5’s “Good Day New York” Wednesday.

“He had to be rushed out of the ER room because he was having chest pains,” Chell said.

Rob had a stent put in after having a minor heart attack, Abdus Shahid, President of American Bangladeshi Welfare Organization USA, told the Daily News Wednesday.

“I saw him today,” Shahid said. “He’s very, very weak.”

Shahid was also devastated by Islam’s slaying.

“It hit me hard,” said Shahid. “He’s younger than my two children.”

“Whatever happened, he lost his life because of us, because of our safety,” he added. “He lost life because of New York City’s safety. New York City (needs) to take action.”

Islam’s family spent much of Wednesday praying at the Parkchester Jame Masjid.

The family did not speak to reporters as they left the mosque and went home, which is just a few blocks away.

Mayor Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch went to the 47th Precinct stationhouse where Islam worked on Wednesday to attend morning roll call and talk to cops mourning their colleague’s death.

Didarul, a father of two with a baby on the way, was shot to death Monday by Shane Tamura in the lobby of the Midtown high-rise.

Islam had been a cop since 2021 and was assigned to the 47th Precinct in the Bronx.

He was in uniform working a paid security detail in the building at E. 51st Street authorized by the NYPD when Tamura stormed inside with the assault rifle about 6:30 p.m. Monday and started firing, hitting him repeatedly in the torso.

Tamura, a resident of Las Vegas, also killed building security guard Aland Etienne, 46, and Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner, 43, in the lobby. He then accidentally went up to the 33rd floor, where he gunned down Rudin employee Julia Hyman, 27, and narrowly shot a cleaner, before taking his own life.

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