News Desk :
A gunman armed with a rifle opened fire inside a New York City office building on Monday, killing four people – including an off-duty NYPD officer – and injuring a fifth, before dying by suicide.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that one of the victims was Didarul Islam, 36, a Bangladeshi immigrant who had been with the NYPD for three and a half years, reports UNB.
“He was doing the job that we asked him to do. He put himself in harm’s way. He made the ultimate sacrifice,” Tisch said. “He died as he lived. A hero.”
Police identified the gunman as Shane Tamura, of Las Vegas, and said he killed himself. He had a ‘documented mental health history,’ but the motive is still unknown, Tisch said.
“We are working to understand why he targeted this particular location,” Tisch said of 345 Park Avenue, a commercial office building whose tenants include the NFL and Rudin Management, as well as finance companies KPMG and Blackstone.
One man was seriously injured and remains in critical condition, Mayor Eric Adams said. Four others got minor injuries attempting to flee the scene.
