Hundreds of Cops Saluted Body of Slain NYPD Officer Wilbert Mora

By h. nazan ışık—

26 January 2022—

30th Street and 1st Avenue was very quiet on Wednesday..  Even thought hundreds of officers in uniform lined the street to salut slain NYPD officer Wilbert Mora, it was still so quiet. 

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NYPD officer Wilbert Mora , 27, and his partner Jason Rivera, 22,  were shot on duty on Friday.  Rivera died on the scene,  Mora died on Tuesday in hospital. And his body was taken to the city Medical Examiner’s Office, located on 30th Street and 1st Avenue.  

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Today, Wednesday, officers and first responders lined up outside the coroner’s office on 30th Street to show their respect as Mora’s body was moved to a funeral home in preparation for the final farewell.

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 A massive police motorcade escorted an ambulance that Mora’s body was placed.

Photo by h. nazan ışık
Photo by h. nazan ışık

Officers saluted as the ambulance carrying Mora’s body passed on its way to the funeral home, with police choppers flying overhead.

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