NEW YORK (AP) — A shooting at a midtown Manhattan office building on Monday left multiple people dead, including an off-duty New York City police officer, officials said.
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A New York Police officer stands at the scene on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York police officer directs bystanders and members of the media outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where aNew York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police officers react as they gather outside New York Presbyterian Weil Cornell Medical Center where a police officer was brought after being shot at a Manhattan office building, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on 52nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Pedestrians walk by police tape on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police Department officers arrive on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York State Police troopers gather on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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 Monday evening, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers bring out the body of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York Police officer stands at the scene on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York police officer directs bystanders and members of the media outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where aNew York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police officers react as they gather outside New York Presbyterian Weil Cornell Medical Center where a police officer was brought after being shot at a Manhattan office building, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on 52nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Pedestrians walk by police tape on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police Department officers arrive on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York State Police troopers gather on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, Tuesday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Members of the NYPD Crime Unit examine a door with bullet holes at the scene of the previous day's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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 Monday evening, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers bring out the body of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York Police officer stands at the scene on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York police officer directs bystanders and members of the media outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where aNew York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police officers react as they gather outside New York Presbyterian Weil Cornell Medical Center where a police officer was brought after being shot at a Manhattan office building, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on 52nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Pedestrians walk by police tape on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police Department officers arrive on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York State Police troopers gather on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Flower wreaths with the words "Rest In Peace" stand at a vigil for the four people killed in the previous day's shooting at 345 Park Avenue, including NYPD officer Didarul Islam, in Bryant Park, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
People hug while attending a vigil at Bryant Park for the people killed by a gunman at a Manhattan office building the day before, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers on motorcycle escorting an ambulance carrying a casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrive at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
CORRECTS TO NEVADA DEPT. OF MOTOR VEHICLES This undated image provided by Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles shows Shane Tamura. (Nevada Dept. of Motor Vehicles via AP)
A casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrives at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
NYPD officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, Tuesday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Members of the NYPD Crime Unit examine a door with bullet holes at the scene of the previous day's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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 Monday evening, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers bring out the body of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York Police officer stands at the scene on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York police officer directs bystanders and members of the media outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where aNew York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police officers react as they gather outside New York Presbyterian Weil Cornell Medical Center where a police officer was brought after being shot at a Manhattan office building, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on 52nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Pedestrians walk by police tape on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police Department officers arrive on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York State Police troopers gather on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrives at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Flower wreaths with the words "Rest In Peace" stand at a vigil for the four people killed in the previous day's shooting at 345 Park Avenue, including NYPD officer Didarul Islam, in Bryant Park, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
People hug while attending a vigil at Bryant Park for the people killed by a gunman at a Manhattan office building the day before, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers on motorcycle escorting an ambulance carrying a casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrive at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
CORRECTS TO NEVADA DEPT. OF MOTOR VEHICLES This undated image provided by Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles shows Shane Tamura. (Nevada Dept. of Motor Vehicles via AP)
A casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrives at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
NYPD officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, Tuesday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Members of the NYPD Crime Unit examine a door with bullet holes at the scene of the previous day's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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 Monday evening, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers bring out the body of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York Police officer stands at the scene on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York police officer directs bystanders and members of the media outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where aNew York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police officers react as they gather outside New York Presbyterian Weil Cornell Medical Center where a police officer was brought after being shot at a Manhattan office building, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on 52nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Pedestrians walk by police tape on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police Department officers arrive on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York State Police troopers gather on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a vigil for the people killed by a gunman at a Manhattan office building a day prior, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at Bryant Park in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Governor Kathy Hochul talks with grievers after the vigil for the four people killed in the previous day's shooting at 345 Park Avenue, including NYPD officer Didarul Islam, in Bryant Park, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
People embrace before a vigil for the four people killed in the previous day's shooting at 345 Park Avenue, including NYPD officer Didarul Islam, in Bryant Park, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police commissioner Jessica Tisch, left, and New York Mayor Eric Adams attend a vigil, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A man holds up a poster in memory of NYPD officer Didarul Islam during a vigil at Bryant Park for the people killed by a gunman at a Manhattan office building the day before, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrives at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Flower wreaths with the words "Rest In Peace" stand at a vigil for the four people killed in the previous day's shooting at 345 Park Avenue, including NYPD officer Didarul Islam, in Bryant Park, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
People hug while attending a vigil at Bryant Park for the people killed by a gunman at a Manhattan office building the day before, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers on motorcycle escorting an ambulance carrying a casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrive at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
CORRECTS TO NEVADA DEPT. OF MOTOR VEHICLES This undated image provided by Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles shows Shane Tamura. (Nevada Dept. of Motor Vehicles via AP)
A casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrives at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
NYPD officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, Tuesday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Members of the NYPD Crime Unit examine a door with bullet holes at the scene of the previous day's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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 Monday evening, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers bring out the body of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York Police officer stands at the scene on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York police officer directs bystanders and members of the media outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where aNew York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police officers react as they gather outside New York Presbyterian Weil Cornell Medical Center where a police officer was brought after being shot at a Manhattan office building, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on 52nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Pedestrians walk by police tape on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police Department officers arrive on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York State Police troopers gather on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York Police officer stands at the scene on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York police officer directs bystanders and members of the media outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where aNew York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police officers react as they gather outside New York Presbyterian Weil Cornell Medical Center where a police officer was brought after being shot at a Manhattan office building, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on 52nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Pedestrians walk by police tape on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police Department officers arrive on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York State Police troopers gather on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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 Monday evening, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers bring out the body of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York Police officer stands at the scene on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York police officer directs bystanders and members of the media outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where aNew York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police officers react as they gather outside New York Presbyterian Weil Cornell Medical Center where a police officer was brought after being shot at a Manhattan office building, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on 52nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Pedestrians walk by police tape on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police Department officers arrive on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York State Police troopers gather on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, Tuesday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Members of the NYPD Crime Unit examine a door with bullet holes at the scene of the previous day's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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 Monday evening, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers bring out the body of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York Police officer stands at the scene on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York police officer directs bystanders and members of the media outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where aNew York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police officers react as they gather outside New York Presbyterian Weil Cornell Medical Center where a police officer was brought after being shot at a Manhattan office building, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on 52nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Pedestrians walk by police tape on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police Department officers arrive on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York State Police troopers gather on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Flower wreaths with the words "Rest In Peace" stand at a vigil for the four people killed in the previous day's shooting at 345 Park Avenue, including NYPD officer Didarul Islam, in Bryant Park, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
People hug while attending a vigil at Bryant Park for the people killed by a gunman at a Manhattan office building the day before, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers on motorcycle escorting an ambulance carrying a casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrive at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
CORRECTS TO NEVADA DEPT. OF MOTOR VEHICLES This undated image provided by Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles shows Shane Tamura. (Nevada Dept. of Motor Vehicles via AP)
A casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrives at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
NYPD officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, Tuesday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Members of the NYPD Crime Unit examine a door with bullet holes at the scene of the previous day's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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 Monday evening, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers bring out the body of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York Police officer stands at the scene on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York police officer directs bystanders and members of the media outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where aNew York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police officers react as they gather outside New York Presbyterian Weil Cornell Medical Center where a police officer was brought after being shot at a Manhattan office building, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on 52nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Pedestrians walk by police tape on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police Department officers arrive on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York State Police troopers gather on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrives at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Flower wreaths with the words "Rest In Peace" stand at a vigil for the four people killed in the previous day's shooting at 345 Park Avenue, including NYPD officer Didarul Islam, in Bryant Park, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
People hug while attending a vigil at Bryant Park for the people killed by a gunman at a Manhattan office building the day before, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers on motorcycle escorting an ambulance carrying a casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrive at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
CORRECTS TO NEVADA DEPT. OF MOTOR VEHICLES This undated image provided by Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles shows Shane Tamura. (Nevada Dept. of Motor Vehicles via AP)
A casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrives at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
NYPD officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, Tuesday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Members of the NYPD Crime Unit examine a door with bullet holes at the scene of the previous day's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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 Monday evening, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers bring out the body of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York Police officer stands at the scene on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York police officer directs bystanders and members of the media outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where aNew York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police officers react as they gather outside New York Presbyterian Weil Cornell Medical Center where a police officer was brought after being shot at a Manhattan office building, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on 52nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Pedestrians walk by police tape on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police Department officers arrive on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York State Police troopers gather on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a vigil for the people killed by a gunman at a Manhattan office building a day prior, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at Bryant Park in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Governor Kathy Hochul talks with grievers after the vigil for the four people killed in the previous day's shooting at 345 Park Avenue, including NYPD officer Didarul Islam, in Bryant Park, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
People embrace before a vigil for the four people killed in the previous day's shooting at 345 Park Avenue, including NYPD officer Didarul Islam, in Bryant Park, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police commissioner Jessica Tisch, left, and New York Mayor Eric Adams attend a vigil, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A man holds up a poster in memory of NYPD officer Didarul Islam during a vigil at Bryant Park for the people killed by a gunman at a Manhattan office building the day before, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrives at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Flower wreaths with the words "Rest In Peace" stand at a vigil for the four people killed in the previous day's shooting at 345 Park Avenue, including NYPD officer Didarul Islam, in Bryant Park, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
People hug while attending a vigil at Bryant Park for the people killed by a gunman at a Manhattan office building the day before, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers on motorcycle escorting an ambulance carrying a casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrive at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
CORRECTS TO NEVADA DEPT. OF MOTOR VEHICLES This undated image provided by Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles shows Shane Tamura. (Nevada Dept. of Motor Vehicles via AP)
A casket of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam arrives at Parkchester Jame Masjid after Monday's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
NYPD officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, Tuesday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Members of the NYPD Crime Unit examine a door with bullet holes at the scene of the previous day's deadly shooting, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Officers line up during the dignified transfer of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital to the medical examiner's office, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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 Monday evening, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
NYPD officers bring out the body of Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed by a gunman earlier this evening, out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Hospital, early Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York Police officer stands at the scene on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A New York police officer directs bystanders and members of the media outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where aNew York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police officers react as they gather outside New York Presbyterian Weil Cornell Medical Center where a police officer was brought after being shot at a Manhattan office building, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on 52nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Pedestrians walk by police tape on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The scene on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near 345 Park Avenue where a New York Police Department police officer was shot, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York Police Department officers arrive on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, near a Manhattan office building after a shooting, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
New York State Police troopers gather on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The Pentagon said Thursday that it is changing the independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes so it concentrates on “reporting for our warfighters” and no longer includes “woke distractions.”
That message, in a social media post from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's spokesman, is short on specifics and does not mention the news outlet's legacy of independence from government and military leadership. It comes a day after The Washington Post reported that applicants for jobs at Stars and Stripes were being asked what they would do to support President Donald Trump's policies.
Stars and Stripes traces its lineage to the Civil War and has reported news about the military either in its newspaper or online steadily since World War II, largely to an audience of service members stationed overseas. Roughly half of its budget comes from the Pentagon and its staff members are considered Defense Department employees.
The outlet's mission statement emphasizes that it is “editorially independent of interference from outside its own editorial chain-of-command” and that it is unique among news organizations tied to the Defense Department in being “governed by the principles of the First Amendment.”
Congress established that independence in the 1990s after instances of military leadership getting involved in editorial decisions. During Trump's first term in 2020, Defense Secretary Mark Esper tried to eliminate government funding for Stars and Stripes — to effectively shut it down — before he was overruled by the president.
Hegseth's spokesman, Sean Parnell, said on X Thursday that the Pentagon “is returning Stars and Stripes to its original mission: reporting for our warfighters.” He said the department will “refocus its content away from woke distractions.”
“Stars and Stripes will be custom tailored to our warfighters,” Parnell wrote. “It will focus on warfighting, weapons systems, fitness, lethality, survivability and ALL THINGS MILITARY. No more repurposed DC gossip columns; no more Associated Press reprints.”
Parnell did not return a message seeking details. The Daily Wire reported, after speaking a Pentagon spokeswoman, that the plan is to have all Stars and Stripes content written by active-duty service members. Currently, Congress has mandated that the publication's publisher and top editor be civilians, said Max Lederer, its publisher.
The Pentagon also said that half of the outlet's content would be generated by the Defense Department, and that it would no longer publish material from The Associated Press or Reuters news services.
Also Thursday, the Pentagon issued a statement in the Federal Register that it would eliminate some 1990s era directives that governed how Stars and Stripes operates. Lederer said it's not clear what that would mean for the outlet's operations, or whether the Defense Department has the authority to do so without congressional authorization.
The publisher said he believes that Stars and Stripes is valued by the military community precisely because of its independence as a news organization. He said no one at the Pentagon has communicated to him what it wants from Stars and Stripes; he first learned of its intentions from reading Parnell's social media post.
“This will either destroy the value of the organization or significantly reduce its value,” Lederer said.
Jacqueline Smith, the outlet's ombudsman, said Stars and Stripes reports on matters important to service members and their families — not just weapons systems or war strategy — and she's detected nothing “woke” about its reporting.
“I think it's very important that Stars and Stripes maintains its editorial independence, which is the basis of its credibility,” Smith said. A longtime newspaper editor in Connecticut, Smith's role was created by Congress three decades ago and she reports to the House Armed Services Committee.
It's the latest move by the Trump administration to impose restrictions on journalists. Most reporters from legacy news outlets have left the Pentagon rather than to agree to new rules imposed by Hegseth that they feel would give him too much control over what they report and write. The New York Times has sued to overturn the regulations.
Trump has also sought to shut down government-funded outlets like Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that report independent news about the world in countries overseas.
Also this week, the administration raided the home of a Washington Post journalist as part of an investigation into a contractor accused of stealing government secrets, a move many journalists interpreted as a form of intimidation.
The Post reported that applicants to Stars and Stripes were being asked how they would advance Trump's executive orders and policy priorities in the role. They were asked to identify one or two orders or initiatives that were significant to them. That raised questions about whether it was appropriate for a journalist to be given what is, in effect, a loyalty test.
Smith said it was the government's Office of Personnel Management — not the newspaper — that was responsible for the question on job applications and said it was consistent with what was being asked of applicants for other government jobs.
But she said it was not something that should be asked of journalists. “The loyalty is to the truth, not the administration,” she said.
David Bauder writes about the intersection of media and entertainment for the AP. Follow him at http://x.com/dbauder and https://bsky.app/profile/dbauder.bsky.social.
US soldier Sgt. John Hubbuch of Versailles, Ky., one of the members of NATO led-peacekeeping forces in Bosnia reads Stars and Stripes newspaper on Sunday Feb. 14, 1999. (AP Photo/Amel Emric, File)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stands outside the Pentagon during a welcome ceremony for Japanese Defense Minister Shinjirō Koizumi at the Pentagon, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf/)
FILE - A GI with the U.S. 25th division reads Stars and Stripes newspaper at Cu Chi, South Vietnam on Sept. 10, 1969. (AP Photo/Mark Godfrey)