NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — NYPD Officer Wilbert Mora died Tuesday after being shot in the line of duty last Friday in Harlem.
“It’s with great sadness I announce the passing of Police Officer Wilbert Mora,” NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell tweeted. “Wilbert is 3 times a hero. For choosing a life of service. For sacrificing his life to protect others. For giving life even in death through organ donation. Our heads are bowed & our hearts are heavy.”
It’s with great sadness I announce the passing of Police Officer Wilbert Mora.
Wilbert is 3 times a hero. For choosing a life of service. For sacrificing his life to protect others. For giving life even in death through organ donation. Our heads are bowed & our hearts are heavy. pic.twitter.com/8JiWGbUYTn
— Commissioner Sewell (@NYPDPC) January 25, 2022
Mora was initially rushed to Harlem Hospital, where he underwent two surgeries before he was transferred Sunday to NYU Langone Medical Center.
The 27-year-old joined the department in 2018, the same year he graduated from CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a bachelor’s degree. A family friend told CBS2 his family is from the Dominican Republic and he was the youngest sibling.
NYPD Officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora (Credit: NYPD)
Mora and his partner, Officer Jason Rivera, responded to a 911 call from a woman who said she was having a dispute with her son around 6:30 p.m. Friday on West 135th Street between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard.
When they arrived, the woman said her son, 47-year-old Lashawn McNeil, was in a bedroom down a long, narrow hallway. As the officers approached, the door swung open and multiple shots were fired.
A third officer, Sumit Sulan — who was training under Mora — shot McNeil as he tried to flee the scene. McNeil died Monday.
Rivera died at Harlem Hospital. The 22-year-old had only been an NYPD officer for a little more than a year, but those who knew him said he always wanted to be a cop.
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