Overview
- The line-of-duty funeral will be held at Parkchester Jame Masjid on Thursday with a women-only viewing from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and a men-only viewing from 11 a.m. to noon followed by a private prayer service.
- Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch paid their respects during Wednesday’s roll call at the 47th Precinct where Islam served.
- Officer Islam, a three-and-a-half-year veteran and father of two with a third child due next month, was off duty and working a private security detail when he was ambushed.
- On Tuesday, his body was transferred from the medical examiner’s office in a solemn procession along FDR Drive as NYPD and FDNY honor guards saluted.
- Authorities are probing a three-page suicide note in which shooter Shane Tamura blamed the NFL for CTE despite only playing high school football.