Rookie NYPD cop Jason Rivera shot dead after being ambushed during domestic disturbance call as colleague clings to life

AN NYPD rookie cop was shot lifeless final evening and one other officer was left preventing for his life after being ambushed throughout a home disturbance name. 

Slain officer Jason Rivera, 22, and gravely wounded Wilbert Mora, 27, had been attending an incident involving a mom and son in Harlem, New York Metropolis, after they have been gunned down.

An NYPD rookie cop was shot lifeless final evening and one other officer was preventing for his lifeCredit score: EPA

Hero... officer Jason Rivera  was shot lifelessCredit score: AP

Officer Wilbert Mora, is preventing for his lifeCredit score: AP

The officers have been amongst 4 NYPD cops shot within the line of obligation simply this week.

The division tweeted: "Tonight, we mourn the lack of a hero officer — a son, husband, and good friend. 

“Solely 22 years outdated, Police Officer Jason Rivera was murdered within the line of obligation. 

"We vow to #NeverForget Jason as his fellow Best vow to honor his large legacy of service & the final word sacrifice."

Talking to reporters at Harlem Hospital the place the badly wounded cop was being handled, 

Mayor Eric Adams mentioned: “That is an assault on town of New York. It's time for us to save lots of our metropolis. Nobody will divide this metropolis with their violence.”

Suspect Lashawn McNeil, 47, was shot within the head and arm by a 3rd officer as he tried to flee, and was hospitalized in important situation, NYPD Chief of detectives James Essig mentioned at a press convention.

The alleged gunman was on probation for a 2003 felony narcotics conviction in New York Metropolis, Essig mentioned, in addition to serving earlier arrests exterior of the Huge Apple.

In 1998, he was arrested in South Carolina for illegal possession of a weapon, though this was later dismissed.

McNeil was then busted for assaulting a police officer in Pennsylvania in 2002.

The following 12 months he was arrested twice in Pennsylvania, as soon as on a felony drug cost and in addition on a misdemeanor narcotics cost.

Moments earlier than the cops have been shot, Police say their officers, together with a 3rd cop, went to an condominium at 119 West one hundred and thirty fifth Avenue at round 6:15 p.m. after getting a name from a mother about needing assist together with her son, who was recognized as 47-year-old Lashawn McNeil.

After talking to the mother, two of the officers walked to the again of the condominium, down a slender hallway towards a again bed room.

At this level McNeil swung the door open and fired, placing each officers.

NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell advised reporters: “He instantly, with out warning, opened hearth on them.

 When McNeil tried to flee, the third officer opened hearth, placing him within the head and arm, police mentioned. He was present process surgical procedure late Friday.

A Glock .45 with a high-capacity journal that holds as much as 40 additional rounds was discovered on the scene.

It had allegedly been reported stolen in Baltimore.

Tonight, we mourn the lack of a hero officer — a son, husband, and good friend

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Tapes of police radio calls captured cops frantically calling for an ambulance or different transport for the injured officers from the scene.

Christopher Espinoza, a 29-year-old Harlem resident, advised the New York Submit: “It’s loopy out right here. 

“It’s the Wild Wild West, particularly with cops being shot. Think about what occurs with common residents.”

One other native, generally known as Brian, mentioned: “That is horrible for the police. I simply wish to dwell in peace… It’s horrible.

“There are too many weapons on the road. There’s not sufficient humanity between us, no matter facet you’re on.”

Lashawn McNeil is a suspect within the killing

The NYPD tweeted this picture of the gun used within the capturingCredit score: NYPD

The Harlem capturing got here only a day after an NYPD detective was shot and injured throughout a drug bust on Staten Island.

Dominick Libretti, the injured detective, suffered a possible “career-ending harm” when a suspect fired “quite a few photographs” via a bed room door, in response to reviews

On Tuesday, officer Kaseem Pennant was shot within the leg by a teenage suspect in The Bronx.

On New 12 months’s Day, Officer Keith Wagenhauser was hit with bullet fragments as he sat in his automotive exterior an East Harlem police station after his shift. 

He was anticipated to make a full restoration.

The final NYPD member to be killed on the job was Anastasios Tsakos, 43, who was struck by an alleged drunk driver on the Lengthy Island Expressway final April.