Rivera, 22, was killed Friday in an ambush in a Harlem apartment, where he was responding to a domestic incident.
Flags were lowered to half-staff at New York City Hall on Jan. 22 to honor slain rookie cop Jason Rivera.A second officer, 27-year-old Wilbert Mora, is still fighting for his life in Harlem Hospital. Adams said during a press conference at the hospital that the recent spate of shootings “is an attack on the city of New York.”
The suspect, Lashawn McNeil, was shot by a third officer as he tried to flee the scene, police said. He is also in criticial condition in Harlem Hospital. “We are all witnesses. To gun violence. To these murders. To the failures of leaders who have allowed these killers to get a hold of guns,” the mayor said
. “We won’t allow violence to divide our city. It will unite us — being united is the only way we can save our city.”
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