NFL’s Roger Goodell praises NYPD officer who killed in NYC shooting

NFL’s Roger Goodell praises NYPD officer who killed in NYC shooting

Didarul Islam was identified as the fallen officer

The ambulance carrying the body of Didarul Islam exits NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital during the dignified transfer of the slain officer, who was shot and killed by a gunman on Monday evening, early Tuesday on July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell welcomes fans to the 2025 NFL Draft before the first round on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)

A New York police investigator exits her vehicle at the scene outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a police officer, on Monday, July 28, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)