OVERSEAS-BASED Guyanese and New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers are in Guyana to observe the second memorial service of Randolph Holder, the 33-year-old NYPD officer who was killed in the line of duty.

Holder was killed on October 20, 2015 after being shot in the head in East Harlem.

He and his partner had been chasing a man after responding to a call of shots fired and a bicycle stolen at gunpoint. Authorities alleged that the suspect hopped off the stolen bicycle and shot Holder in the head.

The memorial will be held on October 21, 2017 at the Le Repentir Cemetery from 10:00hrs. Also attending will be Caribbean American Law enforcement officials, Guyana Ex-police Association of America Inc. and the Association of former members of the Guyana Police Force.

Described as a hero, family members said Holder always wanted to be a policeman, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, who served as officers in Guyana.

Holder joined the NYPD in 2010 and was assigned to a unit that patrolled the city’s public housing complexes.

He leaves behind his fiancée, Maryiane Muhammad, father and stepmother, two brothers, a sister and many extended family members.

Holder sought to be a role model to his own family and embraced the opportunity to be a leader for the city’s youth. He wanted to take on that responsibility.