MIDTOWN MASS SHOOTING: Officer Didarul Islam’s Parkchester neighbors remember him as friendly, prayerful

Neighbors and friends of Didarul Islam, 36, the NYPD officer killed in Monday’s mass shooting at a Midtown office building, shared remembrances of him as a cheerful, friendly person who prayed weekly at the mosque near his Parkchester home. 

Islam’s family declined to speak to the media on Tuesday afternoon, but a number of people were seen inside the house and welcoming visitors on East 172nd Street and Beach Avenue.