'It's us against the killers': Mayor Adams declares war on gun violence after NYPD officer is shot dead and his partner critically injured by suspect on parole during domestic call-out: Union chief blames Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's woke policies
Two police officers have been shot and one of them killed in New York's Harlem district after responding to a mother's domestic violence call about her son
Jason Rivera, 22, a New Yorker who joined the NYPD a little over a year ago, in November 2020, has been been pronounced dead
Rivera said that he wanted to join the police to improve community relations, and to put a smile on peoples' faces
His partner, Wilbert Mora, who joined the NYPD in 2018, is currently fighting for his life in hospital, with both officers dashed to hospital in their colleagues' patrol cars
Lashawn McNeil, 47, - who was out on probation at the time on a 2003 felony narcotics charge in New York City, and who had four arrests in other states - was injured when a third officer opened fire as he tried to flee
The shooting is the first police fatality under Mayor Eric Adams, a former NYPD officer, and the fourth and fifth since he took over on January 1, and the first shooting of a NYPD officer since July 2017
Adams on Friday night declared: 'It is our city against the killers. This is not just an attack on three brave officers. This was an attack on the city of New York'
By Harriet Alexander For Dailymail.com
Published: 19:27 EST, 21 January 2022 | Updated: 08:36 EST, 22 January 2022
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