NEW YORK (TNND) — A New York City police officer who was among the four killed by a gunman at a Midtown Manhattan office building will be laid to rest on Thursday. Officer Didarul Islam, 36, was shot and killed on Monday in the building that is home to the National Football League's headquarters while working as an off-duty security guard.

The New York police officer killed in a mass shooting in a Manhattan skyscraper on Monday was an immigrant who left behind a pregnant wife, two young sons and distraught parents, while friends and officials in Bangladesh and the United States described him as a hero.