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Widow of Slain NYPD Detective Didarul Islam Gives Birth to Baby Boy

Donations for the officer’s family now approach $500,000.

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Arham Islam, newborn son of Detective First Grade Didarul Islam and his wife, Jamila Islam.
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Overview

  • Jamila Akhter delivered a healthy son, Arham, late Sunday at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD officials.
  • Adams said he visited relatives at the hospital during labor and pledged ongoing city support for the family.
  • Two online campaigns have raised nearly $500,000 combined, including a GoFundMe nearing $80,000 and a family-approved fundraiser topping $416,000, with remittances to the family underway.
  • Islam, 36, a Bangladeshi immigrant posthumously promoted to detective first grade, was fatally shot on July 28 while working an approved off-duty uniformed security detail at 345 Park Avenue.
  • Authorities are reviewing gunman Shane Tamura’s mental-health history and postmortem CTE testing after he left a note requesting his brain be studied, and police believe he sought the NFL offices housed in the building.