Second NYPD officer dies after Harlem shooting

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A second NYPD officer has died after a shooting in Harlem last week. Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell announced the passing of Officer Wilbert Mora on Tuesday afternoon.

Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell announced the passing of Officer Wilbert Mora on Tuesday afternoon.

"Wilbert is 3 times a hero," she tweeted. "For choosing a life of service. For sacrificing his life to protect others. For giving life even in death through organ donation." Police Officer Jason Rivera and Police Officer Wilbert Mora responded to a disturbance call in an apartment on Friday night. They were walking down a narrow hall in the apartment when Lashawn McNeil, 47, opened a door and opened fire.Several members of New York's clergy led residents and officers in prayers outside the 32 Precinct station house on Monday night.

 

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