Maybe because he was the first victim named? Now that the name of a second victim is known there are reports about her too.
Google his name, the media loves this guy and you won’t see the same attention paid to the others or even his partner security guard that died at the same time doing the same job.
This guy has a bio that makes him valuable, his name (Islam), he is Muslim, he is an immigrant, and he is a Muslim immigrant NYC cop.