Overview

• Goodell attended Officer Didarul Islam’s funeral in New York instead of the Hall of Fame game, paying tribute to the NYPD officer among the four victims.
• The league held a moment of silence before the preseason opener in Canton and deployed increased security measures at Tom Benson Stadium.
• Goodell confirmed the wounded NFL employee is stable and improving, noting that counseling services have been expanded and remote work extended for Manhattan staff through next week.
• Headquarters at 345 Park Avenue remain closed to in-person operations while the NFL reviews building access protocols and collaborates with law enforcement on surveillance and visitor logs.
• State and federal investigators continue to probe the shooter’s movements and motives, including postmortem CTE testing, as lawmakers renew calls for assault-weapons bans and workplace safety reforms.