NYC funeral for officer Wilbert Mora to begin hours after 6th NYPD cop shot this year
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The funeral for fallen NYPD officer Wilbert Mora will take place Wednesday morning, just hours after the sixth cop shot so far this year in New York City was wounded during an attempted carjacking.
Thousands of law enforcement officers gathered outside St. Patrick's Cathedral last week for the funeral for Mora's 22-year-old partner, officer Jason Rivera. The family of fallen NYPD officer Wilbert Mora arrives at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2022. Mora died following an ambush in Harlem last month. His partner that day also died from gunfire in the line of duty. (Fox News Digital/John M. Mantel) Law enforcement officers gather outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2022, to honor Mora. (Fox News Digital/John M. Mantel) Law enforcement officers gather outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2022, to honor Mora. (Fox News Digital/John M. Mantel) NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell at Officer Wilbert Mora's wake, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, Feb. 1, 2022. (Fox News Digital/ John M. Mantel) NYPD wake for Wilbert Mora. (FOX NEWS DIGITAL) NYPD wake for Wilbert Mora. (FOX NEWS DIGITAL) The casket for fallen NYPD officer Wilbert Mora arrives at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Feb. 1, 2022, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Rivera and Mora were fatally wounded while responding to a domestic disturbance call in Harlem on Jan. 21. Rivera died that night, Mora days later.