{"id":72464,"date":"2022-01-26T02:11:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T20:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/second-nypd-officer-dies-after-being-ambushed-during-domestic-disturbance-call\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T02:11:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T20:41:02","slug":"second-nypd-officer-dies-after-being-ambushed-during-domestic-disturbance-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/second-nypd-officer-dies-after-being-ambushed-during-domestic-disturbance-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Second NYPD Officer Dies After Being Ambushed During Domestic Disturbance Call"},"content":{"rendered":"
A second New York Police Department officer has died after being ambushed during a domestic disturbance call in Harlem, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Wilbert Mora, who had been clinging to life since Friday evening’s deadly encounter, died from his injuries Tuesday, police said. He had been shot in the face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Today, we mourn the loss of Police Officer Wilbert Mora. At 27-year-old, he was murdered in the line of duty \u2014 fighting until the very end,” the department tweeted Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“Our heads are bowed & our hearts are heavy,” said\u00a0NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell in announcing Mora’s death.<\/p>\n
Rookie Officer Jason Rivera, 22, died Friday shortly after he was also shot in the head.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the man who police said opened fire on the two officers, died in a Harlem hospital.<\/p>\n
Lashawn McNeill, 47, had been in critical condition since being shot in the head and arm by a third officer, police said. McNeill opened\u00a0fire without warning inside the New York City apartment, authorities said. The three cops were responding to a 911 call placed by McNeill’s mother, who said her son was acting out and threatening her, authorities said.<\/p>\n