Thousands of mourners, including cops and other first responders from across the nation, gathered in midtown Manhattan Thursday morning to pay final respects to Officer Jason Rivera, one of two NYPD cops killed while responding to a mother-son dispute in Harlem. Rivera, who died Friday night at age 22, is being memorialized at New York’s iconic St. Patrick’s Cathedral with a wake Thursday.
NYPD officers salute as the body of fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera is escorted into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan for a wake on Thursday. Rivera was shot and killed after responding to a call of a domestic dispute in Harlem.
NYPD officers salute as the body of fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera is escorted into St. Patrick’s Cathedral for a wake on Thursday in Manhattan. Rivera was shot and killed after responding to a call of a domestic dispute in Harlem. His partner Wilbert Mora was also fatally wounded.
Friends and relatives arrive at the wake for NYPD Officer Jason Rivera at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan on Thursday.
Friends and relatives arrive at the wake for NYPD Officer Jason Rivera at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan on Thursday.
The wake for fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera takes place at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan on Thursday.
An NYPD officer salutes as the body of fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera arrives at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan for a wake on Thursday.
A wake is being held for NYPD Officer Jason Rivera at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan on Thursday.
The body of fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera is escorted into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan for the wake on Thursday.
A wake is held for fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan on Thursday.
A wake is held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan for fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera on Thursday.
A wake is held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera on Thursday.
The body of fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera arrives at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan for his wake on Thursday.
Mourners arrive for the wake of fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan on Thursday.
NYPD Officer Jason Rivera is pictured in this photo released by the department. Rivera, who died Friday night at age 22, is being memorialized at St. Patrick’s Cathedral with a wake on Thursday.
