Overview

• Separate viewings for women and men were held Thursday morning at Parkchester Jame Masjid before a private prayer service and transfer to a New Jersey cemetery.
• Hundreds of NYPD and FDNY members formed honor guards along Virginia Avenue and paused FDR Drive traffic during Tuesday’s dignified transfer.
• CBS News reports that Islam, a 36-year-old father of two with a third child due soon, will be posthumously promoted to detective.
• Two online fundraisers for Islam’s family have raised over $250,000 to support his pregnant wife and young sons.
• Islam was shot and killed by gunman Shane Tamura while working an off-duty security detail in uniform inside 345 Park Avenue on July 28.