ALBAWABA - A Hollywood-style crime took place in New York City on Monday, where a gunman killed four people, including a police officer, media reported.
According to the AFP, a man with a gun walked into a skyscraper in central Manhattan and opened fire in broad daylight, officials detailed.
A fifth person was injured and is in critical condition. The gunman shot himself immediately after the incident, Mayor Eric Adams said in a press conference at a hospital near the scene of the shooting.
A gunman, who killed four people in New York on Monday, moments before entering the building. (building camera)
A camera captured the moment when the shooter was riding a black BMW carrying an M-4 rifle, and entering the building, then he started shooting at a police officer before "spraying the lobby" with bullets, police commissioner Jessica Tisch told the media.
After that, AFP continued citing the NYPD that the killer took an elevator to the 33rd floor, of Rudin Management, which owns the building, and continued his spree before apparently shooting himself. He was later discovered by officers next to his weapon.
Who was the New York Officer killed in shooting?
Didarul Islam, an immigrant from Bangladesh and a member of the NYPD for four years, was the New York officer who was killed in the shooting attack on Monday.
New York Mayor posted photos from the scene of the attack and hailed the officer who died on duty by saying, "Officer Didarul Islam died as he lived, a hero and protector of New York City. We will never forget you."
