WAKE FOR FALLEN NYPD OFFICER JASON RIVERA
NEW YORK — A somber procession was held Thursday as the body of fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera was transferred from a funeral home to St. Patrick’s Cathedral for his wake.
Hundreds of police officers waited outside the Midtown church and held a moment of silence as Rivera’s casket was carried inside.
Mayor Adams stop by to pay his respects around 3 p.m.
Officer Rivera’s remains were transferred from the Riverdale Funeral Home in Inwood Thursday morning ahead of the wake. A full processional was held from the funeral home to St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
As Rivera’s casket was wheeled into the cathedral and placed for his wake, his family including his wife of only four months, Dominique Rivera were escorted inside.The two were childhood friends and just married on Oct. 9.
Rivera’s funeral is scheduled for Friday at the cathedral early morning.
Last night, hundreds of people gathered outside the 32nd precinct in Harlem, where Officer Rivera and his partner, Officer Wilbert Mora, worked.
A candlelight vigil remembered these two young officers, who were both murdered in the line of duty after being ambushed in the Harlem neighborhood they patrolled.
The wake and funeral for Officer Mora are set for next Tuesday and Wednesday, also at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The 27-year-old officer died Tuesday at NYU Langone Health in Kips Bay.
He was transferred there Sunday from Harlem Hospital, his organs were donated to five people.
