MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) – An off-duty NYPD officer was among the four people who were shot and killed by a gunman inside a Manhattan skyscraper on Monday, according to the NYPD.

Police said Officer Didarul Islam was only 36 years old and a 3-and-a-half-year veteran of the force when 27-year-old Shane Tamura killed him inside 345 Park Ave. around 7 p.m.

Islam had been working private security detail when shots were fired, according to authorities. Police said he died while protecting others.

A crowd of fellow NYPD officers stood vigil as Islam’s remains were carried away from a local hospital. Islam, an immigrant from Bangladesh, leaves behind a wife, two young boys and was expecting a third child, according to authorities.

"Police Officer Didarul Islam represented the very best of o

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