Yankees honor slain NYPD officer with second of silence after capturing loss of life

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The New York Yankees held a second of silence in honor of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam earlier than the primary pitch of Tuesday's matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays.

"Earlier than tonight's recreation, we held a second of silence in memoriam of NYPD Police Officer Didarul Islam, who was tragically killed within the midtown capturing yesterday," the Yankees wrote on X.

An workplace constructing was the positioning of a mass shooting that left 5 useless, together with Didarul, when a gunman unleashed fireplace inside earlier than taking his personal life.

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Yankee Stadium throughout a recreation in opposition to the Tampa Bay Rays Could 3, 2025, in New York, N.Y. (New York Yankees/Getty Photographs)

The high-rise workplace tower is positioned on 52nd Avenue and Park Avenue in Manhattan, a borough that neighbors the Bronx, the house of Yankee Stadium.

"Your complete Yankees group sends its condolences to his household in addition to to the households of the opposite victims of this mindless act of violence," the Yankees assertion concluded.

The Yankees trailed the Rays 3-0 within the third inning Tuesday evening.

Flags at authorities buildings throughout the town had been positioned at half-staff Tuesday in honor of Islam, New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams confirmed.

The constructing the place the capturing passed off homes the NFL's headquarters.

NFL'S ROGER GOODELL PRAISES NYPD OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED IN NYC SHOOTING

In a memo obtained by Fox Information Digital, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell confirmed at the least one NFL worker was "significantly injured" however was listed in steady situation.

Goodell additionally thanked Islam for his sacrifice.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell praised fallen NYPD Officer Didarul Islam. (IMAGN/AP)

"We're deeply grateful to the regulation enforcement officers who responded to this menace rapidly and decisively and to Officer Islam, who gave his life to guard others," the memo stated.

The 36-year-old had been on the pressure 4 years earlier than he was gunned down Monday night. He was a married father to 2 younger boys, and his spouse is pregnant with their third baby, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated.

New York Police Division officers reply to a capturing at 345 Park Ave. in New York Monday, July 28, 2025. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)

Islam was assigned to the NYPD's forty seventh Precinct within the Bronx. He was one in all two uniformed officers within the Park Avenue constructing when the capturing occurred.

The NYPD stated Islam "represented the easiest of our division."

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"He was defending New Yorkers from hazard when his life was tragically reduce quick in the present day," the NYPD added. "We take part prayer throughout this time of incomprehensible ache. We'll endlessly honor his legacy."