As the NYPD searches for a motive in the deadly Midtown Manhattan skyscraper shooting, border czar Tom Homan told Newsmax the incident was “heartbreaking” and called on Americans to pray for the victims and their families.
Gunman Shane Tamura, 27, of Las Vegas, stormed a Park Avenue office tower with a military rifle Monday evening, killing four people, including NYPD officer Didarul Islam, 36.
“For those who put that gun on their hip every day and put the Kevlar vest on and put themselves in harm’s way, they are the finest 1% this country has,” Homan said Tuesday on Newsmax’s “National Report.” “I want people to remember, they’re just not cops — they’re mothers and fathers too. They don’t hang their heart on a hook every day they come to work. They’re mothers and fathers, American patriots, none of them — trust me, I’ve done this for 40 years — none of them are making a lot of money, but they do it for the right reasons, because they care about their communities. They want to protect their communities. And every time we lose one of those souls, it should break America’s heart.
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