ISRAELI MILITARY IN THE WEST BANK. WHY HE CLAIMS HIS GROUP WAS INTENTIONALLY FIRED UPON. >>> 75-YEAR-OLD MAN IS SHOTWELL SIMPLY RIDING HIS BIKE IN QUEENS. THE SEARCH FOR THE GUNMAN WHO SOURCES SAY FIRE THE STRAY BULLET. >>> THAT FIRST NIGHT, A CHANGE AT THE TOP AFTER TURMOIL IN THE NYPD, THE POLICE COMMISSIONER STEPPING DOWN THE MIDDEN INVESTIGATION. GOOD EVENING. I AM MAURICE DUBOIS. >>> I AM KRISTINE JOHNSON. WE ARE JUST HOURS AWAY NOW FROM A CHANGE IN COMMAND AT THE NYPD. >> COMMISSIONER EDWARD CABAN RESIGNING TODAY TAKES PLACE TOMORROW. >> TAKEN HIS PLACE IS TOM DONLON, A FORD OR -- FORMER FBI EXPERT. >> COMMISSIONER CABAN DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO MAKING OUR CITY SAFE. >> Reporter: MAYOR ERIC ADAMS PRAISING POLICE COMMISSIONER EDWARD CABAN FOR HIS 30 YEARS OF SERVICE, THE LAST 14 MONTHS SERVING AS THE CITY'S TOP COP COME TO THE MAYOR SAYS FOR 13 OF THOSE MONTHS, CRIME WAS DOWN. >> THE LOWEST NUMBERS OF SHOOTINGS ABOVE GROUND EVER IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDED HISTORY IN THE CITY. >> Reporter: THERE'S THE, CABAN ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S RAID AT HIS HOME. IN A LETTER TO THE NYPD HE SAYS IN PART, THE NEWS AROUND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS HAS CREATED A DISTRACTION FOR OUR DEPARTMENT AND I AM UNWILLING TO LET MY ATTENTION BE ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN OUR IMPORTANT WORK OR THE SAFETY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NYPD. >> YOU CAN'T HAVE THE DEPARTMENT UNDER SCRUTINY LIKE THIS. >> Reporter: CABAN HAD BEEN FACING INCREASED CALLS TO STEP DOWN AFTER FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZED HIS CELL PHONE ALONG WITH FUNDS BELONGING TO HIS BROTHER, JAMES, AND SEVERAL OTHER POLICE OFFICIALS. THE PROBE FOCUSED ON POSSIBLE CORRUPTION AND HIS ROLE IN NIGHTLIFE. >> WE HAD OUR FIRST LATINA POLICE COMMISSIONER. >> Reporter: HE MADE HISTORY IN 2023 WHEN SWORN IN AS THE FIRST HISPANIC TO LEAD THE NATION'S LARGEST POLICE DEPARTMENT, TAKING ON HIS ROLE IN THE INTERIM IS BRONX NATIVE AND FORMER FBI AGENT THOMAS DONLON , WHO INVESTIGATED THE 1993 WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING. >> HE SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, RAN THE FBI'S NATIONAL THREAT CENTER IN THE FBI NYPD JOINT TERRORIST TASK FORCE. >> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT, DONLON SAYS QUOTE, MY GOALS ARE CLEAR. CONTINUE THE HISTORIC PROGRESS DECREASING CRIME AND REMOVING ILLEGAL GUNS FROM OUR COMMUNITIES, UPHOLD THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN SUPPORT OUR DEDICATED OFFICERS WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY TO KEEP US SAFE. >> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT, COMMISSIONER CABAN'S ATTORNEYS SAY HE IS NOT THE TARGET OF ANY INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND HE EXPECTS TO COOPERATE FULLY WITH THE GOVERNMENT. >> THE COMMISSIONER DID NOT SPEAK PUBLICLY TODAY BUT THE NYPD SHAKEUP COMES AT A CRITICAL TIME. SECURITY IS HEIGHTENED AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THAT IS UNDERWAY THIS WEEK AND IT IS ALSO FASHION WEEK AND THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AT UNIVERSITIES, WHERE THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED. ALL OF THESE EVENTS REQUIRE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS. >> THEY LIKE CLARITY. OFFICERS LIKE A CLEAR CHAIN OF COMMAND AND NOW THEY HAVE ONE AGAIN. WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN NOW IS THE INTERIM POLICE COMMISSIONER WILL COME IN. HE WILL GET BRIEFED BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE DEPARTMENT VERY WELL. >> ANOTHER FOCUS FOR THE NYPD WILL BE OCTOBER 7th, MARKING ONE YEAR SINCE THE START OF THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR.