NYC gives final salute to NYPD officer Wilbert Mora
NEW YORK — New York Police officers gather for the funeral of Officer Wilbert Mora outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. Rivera and his partner, Officer Wilbert Mora, were fatally wounded when a gunman ambushed them in an apartment as they responded to a family dispute last week.
Thousands of police officers lined the pews at St. Patrick’s Cathedral to honor fallen Officer Detective Mora who was gunned down with his partner last week in an ambush that left the New York Police Department in mourning and the city on edge.
Mayor Eric Adams, himself a retired police captain, told those gathered that he saw an echo of himself in the slain officer who had joined a department he had seen as flawed in hopes of improving it.
Mora, who was 27, was the youngest child of a tight-knit Dominican family that emigrated to New York when he was 7 years old. He graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a bachelor’s degree in 2018 and joined the police department that same year.
“I just want you to know that I was always proud of you. You chose a life of service to your community and to our adopted country,” said his older brother, Wilson.
His flag-draped casket was transported to the historic cathedral Tuesday for his wake. Mora was hospitalized after shooting for a few more day’s and donated his organs a final act of service and love that saved the lives of five people. RIP Detective Wilbert Mora.
