In mourning yet again, NYC prepares to honor fallen officer

24/1/2022 6:49

        A city reeling from a recent spate of violence prepared to lay to rest a rookie police officer being hailed as an inspiration to his immigrant community, as investigators sought to make sense of a domestic dispute that left another officer “fighting for his life.”
        
        Funeral services for New York City Police Officer Jason Rivera were being finalized, as his comrades in blue mourned the loss of the 22-year-old who joined the force to make a difference in what he had described as a “chaotic city.”
        A solemn scene unfolded Sunday with a column of uniformed police officers, as well as a line of firefighters, flanking the streets as a hearse carrying the fallen officer left the medical examiner’s office.
        
        Burial rites were scheduled for Friday, while services were to be held Thursday at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
        
        Rivera and Officer Wilbert Mora were shot Friday night while answering a call about an argument between a woman and her adult son.
        
        Mora, 27, suffered a serious head wound.