Mr Holder had responded to gunshots on Saturday near East 102nd Street and 1st Avenue in Harlem at 830pm EST, NBC New York reports. After confronting a man who was riding a bike, police exchanged gunfire with the man and Mr Holder was struck in the head. The officer was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead at 10:22pm EST.
The suspect, who hasn't been identified, was also wounded and apprehended during the shooting. He was rushed to the hospital and was taken into police custody on Wednesday morning.
Mr Holder was a third generation police officer in his family with his father and grandfather serving as cops in Guyana.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton held back tears during a press conference Tuesday night calling the fallen officer a "superhero" who ran toward danger.
"I extend our deepest condolences to his family, especially to his father, who in his time of grief sought to comfort the officers from PSA 5. He was strong enough and brave enough to go in and address them. As they tried to comfort him, he in fact was comforting them.”
He is the 4th to be killed this year in the line of duty. Truly sad
With files from the Independent
