Body of slain NYPD Officer Jason Rivera gets hero’s escort to funeral home from hundreds of cops
Hundreds of police officers lined Manhattan streets, as an NYPD helicopter flew overhead, to escort the body of Officer Jason Rivera from the hospital to a funeral home Sunday.
Rivera, 22, who was shot and killed responding to a domestic violence call in Harlem Friday, got a hero’s escort to the Riverdale Funeral Home.
Video posted to the NYPD Special Operations Twitter page shows the view from a police helicopter as a pair of white NYPD trucks left the morgue at Bellevue Hospital, passing through a somber corridor of officers in uniform.
The vehicles made their way uptown, at one point accompanied by NYPD Harbor Unit boats, before finally reaching the funeral home on Broadway near W. 214th St., where more officers lined the streets leading to the building.
Rivera’s wake and funeral are slated to take place at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown, according to sources familiar with the planning.
His partner, Wilbert Mora, remained in critical condition Sunday.
