The father of NYPD Det. Didarul Islam, who was killed in last week’s Midtown Manhattan office shooting, spoke out Tuesday for the first time since his son’s death.
Two brothers, ages 7 and 4 years old, are too young to fully understand what they’ve lost. Last Monday, their father was moonlighting as a security guard at 345 Park Ave., when a gunman from Las Vegas opened fire, killing him and three others.
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“Without him here, I feel emptiness”
Abdur Rob, Islam’s father, spoke with CBS News New York through a translator from his home in the Bronx.
“Didarul Islam was my only son. Without him here, I feel emptiness. When I went and first saw his body, I had a mini stroke. After that, I’ve been lost ever since,” Rob said…