00:00We had a number of shots fired and we're still unraveling what took place.
00:11Hearts are heavy, five innocent people shot tonight.
00:16A member of the New York City Police Department, Officer Islam, served in the 47th precinct.
00:25He's just 36 years old and a three and a half year veteran of the department.
00:34He was doing what he does best and all members of the police department to carry out.
00:40He was saving lives. He was protecting New Yorkers.
00:45He's an immigrant from Bangladesh and he loved this city.
00:51Everyone we spoke with stated he was a person of faith and a person that believed in God and believed in living our life of a godly person.
01:05He embodies what the city is all about.
01:09He's a true blue New Yorker, not only in a uniform he wore, but in his spirit and energy of loving this city.
01:18Early tonight I met with Woffice's family, told them that he was a hero.
01:25We admire him and his life on the line.
01:30This was his dad only son.
01:33Additionally, the shooter is dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
01:39To be clear, six total tonight died, one including the perpetrator.
01:49No words can describe this act of evil, a man who takes the life of others who are innocent.
02:05No words can fill the void that has been left by this tragedy.
02:10Let us pray for the families and friends of the victims.
02:13We pray for the swift and safe recovery of the injured.
02:19Morrific crime reminds us all how easy it is to gain access to a gun.
02:26Gun violence has scarred so many neighbors and ripped apart too many families across this entire country.
02:32We will continue the fight to do all we can to protect our city.
02:37But tonight we mourn for those who were killed.
02:40We will pray for the families as they go through this painful moment.
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