’Hero cop’ who stopped further massacre in Manhattan named as Irish-American Ryan Nash

The ’hero’ police officer who shot the man who killed eight people and injured 11 others in Manhattan yesterday has been named as 28-year old Irish American, Ryan Nash.

The ’hero’ police officer who shot the man who killed eight people and injured 11 others in Manhattan yesterday has been named as 28-year old Irish American, Ryan Nash.

Mr Nash, from Long Island, has been praised widely after he was identified as the first responder to yesterday’s attack by 29-year-old Uzbekistan national, Sayfullo Saipov.